Media literacy

A survey of Illinois educators reveals a significant disparity in how they interpret a three-year-old state law’s requirement to teach high school students a “unit of instruction” on media literacy.

Unit 5's head of secondary education says he'd like to see a new media literacy requirement include a focus on how students' use of social media can impact their social and emotional well-being.

Media experts at Illinois State University say high schools will need to do more than teach students which news sources to follow and which not to follow.