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A student reporter gets the first look at Illinois’ struggling media literacy law
Illinois enacted the nation’s first public school media literacy law just shy of two years ago. Since then the.
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After COVID-19, media literacy was on a ‘back burner’
Teachers came out of the COVID-19 pandemic, then they heard about the Illinois’ media literacy requirement. Raquel Bliffen, an.
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‘Teaching through experience and learning from reactions’: a first-hand look at the implementation of Illinois’ pioneering media literacy program
A windy 27 degrees covered Bedford Park, IL as airplanes from nearby Chicago Midway Airport flew above John Hancock.
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Reopening of St. Louis Holocaust museum institutionalizes media literacy education
This spring, historian Amy Lutz invited this curious media literacy educator to visit the unfinished work space being meticulously.
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Illinois’ pioneering media literacy program lacks resources, oversight
In the year since Illinois’ pioneering media literacy requirement went into effect, experts, teachers and the state have scrambled.