In a heartfelt effort to enrich the educational experiences of students and community members alike, Dakira Williams, candidate for Rialto Unified School District Board of Education, Trustee Area 1, hosted a community gathering focused on promoting literacy through oral history and primary source artifacts. The highlight of the evening was an inspiring lecture by Dr. ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent California has enacted a law mandating the inclusion of media literacy education in the K–12 curriculum, which state officials called a proactive approach to address the growing challenge of misinformation. The legislation, known as Bill No. 873, received approval from Gov. Gavin Newsom in October and ...

By Seth Ashley Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Boise State University When it comes to news literacy, schools often emphasize fact-checking and hoax-spotting. But as I argue in my new book, schools must go deeper with how they teach the subject if they want to help students thrive in a democratic society. As a ...

By Dianne Anderson Laptops available with free internet for local students to take home is not a secret, but it might as well be. Many parents are still not aware that they can get Chromebooks and free hotspot hookup for their students at San Bernardino City Unified School District just for the asking. It’s one ...

By Elizabeth Primas We are our children’s first teachers, and what we teach them makes a difference. According to research by Betty Hart of the University of Kansas and Todd Risley of the University of Alaska, by age 3, poor children have an accumulated experience with 30 million less words than their wealthier counterparts; a ...