Op-ed: Media literacy should be part of the core curriculum

Welcome to the Insider Spotlight, where we feature real questions from our team and answers from educators who are making a difference teaching news literacy. This month, our featured educator is Kalynne Pudner from Shorewood, Wisconsin, where she teaches ELA to middle school students.

Artificial intelligence technologies are flooding the internet with misleading and fake videos, photos and posts. Hannah Covington, senior director of education content at the News Literacy Project, recently visited classrooms in Oklahoma to see how news literacy lessons are helping students find credible information.   In an op-ed for The Oklahoman, she writes: “In the age…

The News Literacy Project is excited to share updates to the award-winning Checkology® virtual classroom for the 2025-26 school year, including new search features and a streamlined login process on Clever.