Written by Ed Madison and Bo Brusco Media Literacy Week is happening now through Friday, October 27th! Hosted by the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), this week is dedicated to highlighting the importance and power of media literacy education. Teaching media literacy skills is a significant component of…

Written by Ed Madison and Bo Brusco There has never been a more pressing need to teach young people media literacy. Every day, an ocean of new content inundates their developing brains, and a comprehensive set of skills is required if they hope to deftly sift through the roar. …

Written by Ed Madison and Bo Brusco Being a tween in a post-pandemic world is no picnic. The resulting learning loss and emotional toll of lockdowns have changed the very definition of “tween.” To help tweens be resilient during these difficult times, one indispensable quality they need to cultivate, which…

By Ed Madison and Bo Brusco Teachers — some of you might worry that your students are more frequently off-task or otherwise distracted today than they were ten years ago. Your concerns are no longer mere suspicion; it’s empirically evident: attention spans are shrinking. Dr. Gloria Mark, a psychologist and…

By Ed Madison and Bo Brusco Teachers — while summer break is nearing its end, you might be fretting over how you’ll ensure students won’t use artificial intelligent (AI) tools like ChatGPT to cheat this year. Others might be gleefully leveraging AI to generate new curriculum ideas. …

By Ed Madison and Hans Boyle Just take a look at the Pacific Northwest, in the small University town of Eugene, Oregon. A survey conducted in November of 2021 by the Eugene Teachers Association paints a dire picture: 90 percent of respondents said this year’s workload was difficult or unmanageable…

By Ed Madison and Hans Boyle A recent survey of small newspapers across the country shows reporters in a despondent mood: 61 percent hold a slightly or very unfavorable opinion about the future of their publications. What’s caused this bleak outlook? For one, the pandemic’s onset didn’t bode well for…

by Ed Madison and Hans Boyle A recent Associated Press poll found 82 percent of Americans actually agree on something: misinformation is a major problem. Don’t celebrate quite yet. That same poll found only 2 out of 10 Americans are very concerned that they have spread junk information themselves. So…

By Ed Madison and Hans Boyle Last week, New York City’s schools finally reopened, making it one of the country’s last school systems to open its doors for the fall. …