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Students see news daily, but media literacy is often taught separately from real-time news. Most encounter hundreds of stories a week without ever being taught how to think critically about them.

This is why AllSides, in partnership with @Project Look Sharp and with generous support from the @Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching a national pilot to develop and test a new “Media Literacy Mode” on the AllSides platform — directly integrating critical thinking and media literacy into real-time news engagement.

Learn more and apply by April 24

https://www.allsides.com/schools/media-literacy-pilot

Why Join?

$540 stipend per educator (2 per school)
Up to 18 hours over one school year
Join a cohort of 10 schools nationwide
Directly shape tools & curriculum for news literacy

Questions? Email rachael@allsides.com

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