I Taught My 4th Grade Class About White Privilege And Their Response Was Eye-Opening

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6. Excellent article. Thank you for posting.

This former teacher clearly explains what education should be about. I would like to see this writer, as an educator and a journalist, develop a media literacy course that could be taught as early as 4th or 5th grade. There would be much value in having students compare events or news through the lens of different media outlets and helping them learn how perceptions of real events can be swayed by the way information about them is presented.. The role of the cable outlets with their opinion hosts and how those hosts affect national opinion would also help develop critical thinking skills. I don’t know of any school that has a complete course on media literacy, especially in middle school where kids would really benefit.