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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

The Hechinger Report

“I have a responsibility to a functioning democracy, with students who are well equipped [with] critical thinking skills that they will learn as a result of this.”. New Jersey legislators and policymakers have recognized that their students need this education, need these life skills so urgently.

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Notes from the UNI Education Summit

Dangerously Irrelevant

Poor schools are told not to wander too far from the standards, there’s little time for student questions and critical thinking. University research and policy in an era of advocacy philanthropists and agenda-setting organizations. In New York City, it’s very prescriptive. Christopher Morphew , U.