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CBS Pittsburgh highlights 2024 News Literacy Change-Maker educator of the year

NLP in the News

The CBS News station in Pittsburgh featured NLP’s 2024 Alan C. Miller Educator of the Year Lindsay Downs, a librarian at Sewickley Academy. Downs discussed empowering students to find credible sources, conduct in-depth research and find answers for themselves.

“My students will be in casual conversations talking about checking sources and I’m realizing that they are listening,” Downs said.

Watch the full segment here.

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