Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • NPR

    'Growing our kids to become advanced thinkers': Media literacy as a tool against misinformation

    Jan 19, 2023 4 minutes
    Cyndy Scheibe, an educator in Ithaca, New York, with her five-year-old grandson Ja'Carter learning media literacy through conversations about fruit and reading cereal boxes. (Courtesy of Cyndy Scheibe)

    In New Jersey, officials are looking to a new generation to help stop the spread of misinformation and the damage it causes.

    The state’s Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law this month that requires all children in K-12 public schools be taught media literacy. Classrooms around the country may teach these concepts informally, but this is the first time a state has implemented this kind of mandate.

    Though learning how to think critically about fact and fiction might sound complicated for kindergartners, experts in the field disagree. They encourage families to start routines around media from birth.

    Sabrina Burrows, an early childhood educator and tech mentor at John Lewis Elementary School in Washington, D.C, has taught media literacy to kids as young as

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from NPR

    NPR4 min read
    What Took Him So Long? Colin Finally Likes Penelope Back In 'Bridgerton' Season 3
    Bridgerton is many things — successful, uneven, entertaining — but it is, critically, obedient to the requirements of particular romance tropes. In the first season, when Daphne married Simon, that was a "fake relationship." In the second season, whe
    NPR3 min read
    Barge Hits Bridge Connecting Galveston And Pelican Island, Causing Oil To Spill
    The collision's impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill.
    NPR5 min read
    What's Worse For Disease Spread: Animal Loss, Climate Change Or Urbanization?
    Scientists are looking at the ways humans change the planet-- and the impact that has on the spread of infectious disease. You might be surprised at some of their conclusions.

    Related