Arizona students learn how to identify misinformation
A group of eighth grade students in Phoenix are learning how to find accurate, reliable sources, debate fairly and thoughtfully, and develop research skills that will help them beyond their academic careers.
ABC15 News Arizona
Phoenix ABC-TV affiliate ABC15 Arizona, Scripps News, and the E.W. Scripps Company are teaming up with the News Literacy Project for the sixth annual News Literacy Week. In a world with an overwhelming media landscape, we know this is more important than ever.
Recently, ABC15's Nick Ciletti went to see how a teacher at Glenn L. Downs Social Sciences Academy in Phoenix is showing his students how to find accurate, reliable sources, debate fairly and thoughtfully, and develop research skills that will help them beyond their academic careers.
"We have to find out how to be independent thinkers," explains eighth-grader Jessica Carrasco about Eric Alvarez's class. "In this class, you are challenged in a way that helps you learn significantly faster than in other classes."
"I feel like they are leaving exhausted!" says Mr. Alvarez. "But in a good way!"
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