When a story pops up on social media with an outrageous headline, it can often take a few minutes to realize it is not from a credible source. New research from the Reboot Foundation shows it’s a problem for kids as well as adults.
More than one-third of eighth-graders in the U.S. say they “rarely” or “never” learn how to judge the reliability of sources, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Spotting The Truth
Teachers say their students are often tech-savvy, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to being media-savvy.
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