Media literacy class teaching high school kids to separate fact from ‘fake’ now mandatory thanks to Naperville grad

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Starting this school year, Illinois high school students are learning how to decipher fact from fiction through lessons stipulated by the law. Lessons cover how to access information, evaluate media message and sources, and reflect on media consumption.

Starting this school year, Illinois high school students are learning how to decipher fact from fiction through lessons stipulated by law. Lessons cover such things as how to access information, evaluate media message and sources, create media, reflect on media consumption and use social responsibility to ethically consume media.

Hajer, now a sophomore at the University of Chicago, said he didn’t think most school districts would comply without a mandate so he drafted legislation in late 2020 and reached out to state Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, D-Cicero, who sponsored a previous bill.

“Their hard work has helped make Illinois a leader in media literacy education, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with them,” she said. He like to see high school students view media literacy as more than just another thing they have to learn and not use beyond high school, he said. Friesem worked with 90 educators over the past year to provide guidance and resources for high schools to comply with the law’s directive."Fake news" is a term frequently used by former President Donald Trump, but he was also often accused of spreading information that was not accurate or incorrect.

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