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Mending the Fabric of Democracy Webinar Series

Session 1. Developing Media Literacy: Teaching Students to Know Fact from Fiction

In the digital age, young people and adults alike must negotiate an online information landscape where it is difficult to tell fact from fiction. Events taking place in Washington DC on January 6 and the global pandemic underscore the urgency of preparing students to understand, critique and create media as part of civic readiness. This webinar will cover the essential components of media literacy education and provide resources to equip education stakeholders to implement high-quality media literacy education today, as well as to advocate for equitable access to media literacy education across all New York schools.

Session 2. Discussing Controversial Issues: When Classrooms Are Contentious

To be prepared for civic life, students must learn to engage in productive conversations with people who hold positions different from their own. In this era of political polarization, teaching controversial issues is both more important and more difficult than ever. This webinar will explore the challenges of taking on contentious current issues in the classroom-including educators' fear of pushback from parents and administrators. Panelists will discuss promising strategies to ensure teachers are prepared and supported in all schools and districts. And they will consider actions parents, students, educators, and policymakers can take to ensure these important civic learning opportunities are available to all New York students.

Session 3. Igniting Youth Civic Action: Making a Difference In and Out of School

The future of this nation is in the hands of our youth. Their success requires our support. We must have faith in their ability to take actionable steps and make real change. This webinar will highlight youth voices as they illustrate the powerful civic action that New York students have been engaging with, as well as encourage educational stakeholders to advocate for equitable civic preparation.

Session 4. Call to Action: A Conversation with Leaders and Decision-makers

During the past year, the Capitol riot, vulnerabilities revealed by the coronavirus pandemic, and renewed calls for racial justice have vividly shown that trust in our nation's democratic institutions and values has worn thin. The fabric of our democracy is clearly in need of repair. Teaching civic readiness in K-12 education is key.

The New York State constitution requires schools to prepare all students to be effective civic participants. The final webinar in our series is a chance to engage in dialogue with education leaders and decision-makers about how to make the right to preparation for civic participation a reality. Tune in to ask questions and get answers about how to bring media literacy, discussion of controversial issues, opportunities for youth civic action, and other important elements of civic readiness into every school in the state.

New Report on Media Literacy from DemocracyReady NY

Developing Digital Citizens: Media Literacy Education for All Student s, a new report from DemocracyReady NY, calls for immediate and decisive steps to require media literacy education in schools throughout New York State. Stressing that "the internet has become the new public square," it asserts that "to be democracy ready, all students must be media literate." The report defines what media literacy encompasses in an increasingly digital age, and establishes a clear framework to ensure that all students become media literate civic participants.

Please click here to download full report.

Mission & Goals

Mission

DemocracyReady NY is a statewide, nonpartisan, intergenerational coalition of organizations and individuals committed to preparing all students for civic participation.

Goals

Raise awareness about all students' right under the New York state constitution to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need in order to engage, today and in the future, as effective civic participants;

Strengthen state education policy, practice, and investment with the goal of supporting that right; and

Mobilize the expertise of youth leaders, parents, educators, researchers, advocates, attorneys, youth-development specialists, and philanthropy to work collectively toward these goals.

National Civic Crisis

The last several years have highlighted some troubling developments in our national politics: an increasingly polarized electorate, lack of focus on substantive policy, and widespread acceptance of one-sided, erroneous information.

Other disturbing trends have existed for decades. A low proportion of eligible voters actually go to the polls; the number of citizens who participate in local community activities has dramatically declined; and more Americans than ever are neglecting basic civic responsibilities, like jury service.

These worrisome trends raise serious questions about how well schools are carrying out one of their most critical responsibilities-to prepare a new generation that is capable of safeguarding our democracy and stewarding our nation toward a greater realization of its democratic values-even though the U.S. Supreme Court and 32 state supreme courts have explicitly stated that preparation for capable citizenship is a primary purpose of education.

New York State Constitutional Right Not Realized

The New York State constitution guarantees every student in the state the right to education defined in terms of preparation for civic participation.

Far too many schools, particularly schools that serve students in poverty and Black and brown students, are ill equipped to provide this type of education and fulfill this critical guarantee.

If schools are not preparing students for active civic engagement, then they are not meeting their obligations under the law.

Many experienced educators, civic education experts, and democratic engagement advocates are surprised to learn this. Even fewer students and families have access to this important information.

New York Can Lead the Way

Equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills, experiences, and values, young people recognize their civic roles and exercise their civic powers to work for meaningful social change.

Through a concerted effort by DemocracyReady NY and others who care deeply about civic preparation and engagement, New York can lead the way in ensuring that, from pre-K through 12th grade, schools prepare young people to strengthen our democracy.

About the Coalition

Conveners

The DemocracyReady NY Coalition is convened by the Center for Educational Equity (CEE), a policy and research center, at Teachers College, Columbia University. CEE's expertise and experience in students' rights, education policy, civic participation, and public engagement position it to lead the Coalition.

Founded in 2005 by educational law scholar Michael A. Rebell, who successfully litigated the landmark educational-rights lawsuit, CFE v. State of New York, the Center for Educational Equity champions the right of children nationwide to a meaningful opportunity to graduate from high school prepared for college, careers, and civic participation. It works to define and secure the resources, supports, and services necessary to guarantee this right to all children, particularly children in poverty and Black and Brown children.

CEE Executive Director Michael Rebell is the author of the acclaimed 2018 book Flunking Democracy: Schools, Courts, and Civic Participation.

On November 29, 2018, Rebell filed a federal class action suit to establish a right under the U.S. Constitution to an adequate education to prepare young people for full civic participation. Read more about the lawsuit.

Members

DemocracyReady NY Coalition partners are educators, researchers, academics, students, parents, advocates, youth-development specialists, legal experts, and civic leaders. We strive to be geographically representative, politically inclusive, and racially and socioeconomically diverse.

Under the coalition's banner, a broad and diverse group work together to strengthen the state's education policy and practice to ensure all New York's schools are fully equipped and supported to meet their students' civic-learning needs.

Organizations (in formation) Alliance for Quality Education Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute Capital Region Institute for Human Rights Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University Citizens' Committee for Children Citizens Union Common Cause New York Democracy Prep Public Schools Facing History and Ourselves Generation Citizen
Inquiring Minds
League of Women Voters of New York City League of Women Voters New York State Mikva Challenge New York State Council for the Social Studies New York State Council of School Superintendents New York State Grange New York State Parent Teachers Association New York State Rural Schools Association New York State School Boards Association New York State Social Studies Supervisory Association New York State United Teachers Next Generation Politics Project Look Sharp School Library Systems Association of New York State The Education Trust - New York United Federation of Teachers Westchester Putnam School Boards Association Women Creating Change (WCC) Individuals
Jason Clark, Metropolitan Black Bar Association

Shira Epstein, The City College of New York

Brett Levy, University at Albany, SUNY

Ioana Literat, Teachers College, Columbia University

Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University

Laura Smith, Teachers College, Columbia University

Youth Members

DemocracyReady NY includes and honors the voices and leadership of young people in its work. Its youth members -11th and 12th graders from diverse regions across the state-join forces with the other Coalition individuals and organizations to ensure that New York students are fully prepared to participate in the civic activities and decision-making that affect them and their peers, as well as their families, their communities, and our broader society.

For more information or to help support the DemocracyReady NY Coalition, please contact the Center for Educational Equity at equity@tc.columbia.edu or visit centerforeducationalequity.org.
CEE Leadership
Michael A. Rebell, Executive Director and Professor of Law and Educational Practice

Jessica R. Wolff, Director of Policy and Research

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Above the Noise, a YouTube series for teens, cuts through the hype and dives deep into the research behind the issues affecting their daily lives. The series investigates controversial subject matter to help young viewers draw their own informed conclusions while inspiring media literacy and civic engagement. FOR EDUCATORS: Join us on PBS Learning Media where you'll find standards-aligned free lesson plans, viewing guides, transcripts, and more for each episode. Learn more about our partnerships and funders.

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Above the Noise, a YouTube series for teens, cuts through the hype and dives deep into the research behind the issues affecting their daily lives. The series investigates controversial subject matter to help young viewers draw their own informed conclusions while inspiring media literacy and civic engagement.

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When I was recently invited by the South Carolina school librarians' organization to keynote its summer professional learning institute, we agreed that my theme would be: What Do We Want Students to Know About the Media?

When I posed that question during our live virtual gathering, I received a number of good responses from participants, including:

check the source

analyze for accuracy and bias

know how to "fact check" what you see

use multiple sources

don't believe everything you see or read

how to find out what is real and what is fake

don't trust all you read

While those answers were good, they were also expected. They emanate, for the most part, from librarians whose professional training, experience and primary focus has been "information literacy," not "media literacy." (There's a big difference, and during my talk I made sure to elaborate on what I believe sets them apart. More about that shortly.)

My Four Answers

I offered four suggested answers to my own question:

First, I want students to know that media is pervasive. It's powerful and almost inescapable. [Can your students name a place they occupy where no media exists?]

Second, I want students to know that the media are persuasive and influential. Media sets agendas by what it reports (and what it does not) and in many ways tells us what to think, feel, eat, drink. (Can your students offer one or more examples of persuasion and influence in the media they engage with?)

Third, I would want students to know that most media exist to make money, and the decisions media managers and editors make are often based on profit potential. (I like to ask students: who benefits from your purchase of a magazine? Who profits when you click on a link and land on a page filled with ads?)

Fourth, here is something I want young people to know that moves the power of media beyond money-driven objectives. Our students can use the media to produce and distribute messages that address problems and challenges in our community and our world. [See, as an excellent example, "Student Filmmakers Document Social Justice Issues in Their Own Voices".]

So after asking librarians "what do we want students to know about the media," I challenged them (and now I challenge you) to consider this second question: How will you insure your students are fully aware of "the media" and all of its ramifications?

Information Literacy / Media Literacy Explained

Consider this definition of information literacy: "the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand." ( Source)

Now consider this definition of media literacy: "It provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms - from print to video to the Internet. Media literacy builds an understanding of the role of media in society as well as essential skills of inquiry and self-expression necessary for citizens of a democracy." ( Source)

My experience as a media literacy consultant leads me to believe that many school-based educators would benefit from more media literacy professional development. The need for media literacy lessons in our classrooms has never been a higher priority. Every educator needs to understand what it is, how important it is, and how to weave it into daily instruction.

How To Address Media Literacy in Instruction

If you use video or images in instruction, you have a perfect opportunity to inject a dose of media literacy (which includes visual literacy) into your lesson planning.

Helping develop students' critical viewing skills (CVS) is essential in a 21st century education. Most of our students view media passively - they watch with the thinking parts of their brains (mostly) turned off. Media and visual literacy encourage us to view media actively. That means being engaged (turning "on" those thinking parts) as we experience what we see.

Consider this definition of active viewing:

"You are paying your full attention to one task (such as watching television) and you are also interacting - you question what happens on screen and want answers." ( Source)

Engaging Students Across the Curriculum

Engaging students in critical thinking about media is not super challenging. But it does take some practice. Here are some examples:

► An arts educator, displaying a famous painting to students, guides them to look beyond the superficial.
► A history teacher, projecting a photo from the Holocaust, encourages students to use inference as they look for clues in the image.
► An English literature teacher, showing students a Shakespeare play on film, calls attention to the "languages of film" - how costume and set design imply meaning.
► An elementary educator explores the use and meaning of color in signs.
► A science teacher has students explore what special effects techniques a filmmaker used to make a scene appear authentic.
► A math teacher challenges students to consider "who benefits" and how they benefit when advertisers spend $6 million for an ad during the annual Super Bowl game.

If you're reading this MiddleWeb media literacy blog for the first time, you might like to know that in the past four years, I have explored media literacy's connections to pop culture and current events and what that means to teaching. (Go here to explore my previous posts.)

Simply using media in instruction today is not enough: we must take time to help students better understand media messages. That's where "media literacy" education comes in. It encourages us to take students through a "deep dive" into media's purposes and meanings.

Every teacher I know uses "the media" in instruction, but not every teacher teaches ABOUT the media. There are opportunities to remedy this situation. And those opportunities exist, in part, in our teaching standards.

Media and Media Literacy in the Standards

In a 1999 op-ed in Education Week Professor Robert Kubey and I elaborated on my analysis of every state's teaching standards. At that time, elements of media literacy were found to exist in most state's standards for ELA, Social Studies and Health. Here's the data we shared:

A decade later, the introduction of Common Core standards wiped out many of those media literacy elements in state standards. As another colleague and I wrote in a 2011 Ed Week commentary:

"(O)ther than a mention of the need to 'evaluate information from multiple oral, visual, or multimodal sources,' there is no specific reference in the common standards to critical analysis and production of film, television, advertising, radio, news, music, popular culture, video games, media remixes, and so on. Nor is there explicit attention on fostering critical analysis of media messages and representations." ( source)

If media literacy is to gain traction, new and revised standards must contain specific language that includes contemporary media and contemporary media literacy.

Gains in Media Literacy Education

Despite those Common Core shortcomings, many groups now recognize and recommend engaging students in critical thinking about media.

✻ Recently, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) provided guidance to its members through various actions. Consider:

* The Definition of Literacy in A Digital Age ( Source)

* The Report of the NCTE Task Force on Critical Media Literacy (2021) offers a detailed action plan. ( Source)

✻ The National Council for The Social Studies (NCSS) provided members with a position statement on media literacy. In additionm the newly developed C3 (College, Career, and Civic Life) Framework contains strong media literacy elements-such as "inquiry is at the heart of social studies."

✻ The National Science Teachers Association (NTSA) "strongly supports students' scientific literacy by including personal and societal issues." ( Source)

Among other education-related groups recognizing the value of media literacy are the Partnership for 21st Century Skills; the Horizon K12 Report; IFTF's Future Work Skills 2020; and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Final Thoughts

Do you feel as if teaching "media literacy" should be a priority? I do. That's because recent surveys and studies have made it clear: many of our students don't think critically about the media they come in contact with, including social media. [See this WSJ article: Most Students Don't Know When News if Fake.]

Many of the young people we often describe as "digitally savvy" don't consider the source of something they read or watched on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or elsewhere. Others don't consider the ramifications of spreading fake news or conspiracy theories.

There is no time like the present. What will you do? I invite your ideas and reactions to this post - in the comments below or by email: fbaker1346@gmail.com

Frank W Baker maintains the nationally recognized Media Literacy Clearinghouse website for educators. In 2019 he was recognized with UNESCO's Global Alliance Partnership in Media & Information Literacy award. He is a member of the 2021 NCTE Task Force on Critical Media Literacy. Baker is also the author of Close Reading the Media - a book of monthly ideas and lessons - published by Routledge in partnership with MiddleWeb.

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