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Press release: In first school year with required media literacy, Illinois is developing national model for classroom implementation
Dec. 6 – In Illinois, a legislative mandate for media literacy education in high schools has brought together educators and advocates to implement the new law and support schools. “Our model for an integrated policy [...]
Press release: NJ bill to mandate K-12 media literacy lessons goes to governor
Nov. 21, Trenton, NJ – Today the New Jersey Senate is sending a groundbreaking media literacy bill to the governor’s desk. Under bill S588, New Jersey would be the first state in the nation to [...]
Accepting Nominations for Claire Beach Award
Media Literacy Now is proud to announce the Claire Beach Award for a State Legislator who has advanced the cause of elevating media literacy education as a priority in their state's K-12 schools. Claire Beach was [...]
New Research Partnership to Advance Media Literacy
Media Literacy Now is proud to be partnering with Media Education Lab on a new research initiative that provides free access to the Media Literacy Implementation (MLI) Index, a validated survey research instrument that measures [...]
National Survey Provides Insight to Media Literacy Education in High School
A new survey finds that most people did not learn to reflect on media messages in school, and few learned to use media literacy skills when considering science news. Media Literacy Now partnered with the [...]
Media Literacy Now Names National Advisor for Health Education & Media Literacy
Media Literacy Now is proud to name Tamara Sobel, J.D., as our new National Advisor for Health Education & Media Literacy. Tamara formerly served as Media Literacy Now’s Massachusetts Director of Legislation, Policy, & Community [...]
Maynard High School senior class project uncovers good and bad news on media literacy education
See full report here PRESS RELEASE June 6, 2022 Maynard, Massachusetts This spring, 541 Maynard Public Schools students in grades 4-12 took a 24 question survey on their media literacy education. This survey was [...]
Rhode Island advocate Mike Trofi advanced media literacy on the public policy agenda
By Erin McNeill The Massachusetts Center for Civic Education has published an announcement that Mike Trofi has died. Mike was a retired high school social studies teacher and a civics advocate. I met him when [...]
Media Literacy Now is making an impact
To date, Media Literacy Now, through our nationwide network of advocates, has helped propose 30 separate pieces of legislation, backed by 140 sponsors and cosponsors. This has resulted in the passage of 18 bills in [...]
