The New York Times reported on an interesting topic last week that concerns many of us: How do we parse fact from fiction in the classroom?
“The sixth graders took their seats in a classroom with a ‘news literacy word wall’ that featured, in large letters, terms like ‘validity,’ ‘accurate’ and ‘reliable.’ The teacher, Marisol Solano, said that the question for the day boiled down to this: ‘How do we know what’s news or not?’…