Why California's New Media Literacy Law for Schools Could Backfire
California passes new law that aims to promote the teaching and learning of media literacy in public schools.
Updates
We're Teaching History Wrong
Sam Wineburg discusses his newest book in an interview featured in Slate.
New Research on History Assessment Appears in Cognition & Instruction
Read our latest research about history assessments in the journal of Cognition and Instruction.
Lateral Reading: Reading Less and Learning More Online
Sam Wineburg and Sarah McGrew's paper on lateral reading is available to read now.
What Is Learned in College History Classes?
What Is Learned in College History Classes? Read about our latest history education research in the Journal of American History: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jax434
If you don't have access to JAH, you can read a pre-publication of the paper here: https://purl.stanford.edu/dj911vz8602
AASL's 2018 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
Thank you to the American Association of School Librarians for naming us as one of 2018's best websites for teaching and learning!
You Can Handle the Truth on BBC World Service
BBC World Service features SHEG's research.
Civic Online Reasoning Classroom Poster
Our new civic online reasoning classroom poster is available for free download!
Congratulations to SHEG's Sarah McGrew!
Congratulations to SHEG's Sarah McGrew for being selected as a 2018 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellow!
MediaWise Initiative
"Our new work will support the creation of classroom-ready materials that will prepare students to confront the challenges of a digital society."
Inside Higher Ed Article
Do We Know What History Students Learn? It's not enough to say that they pick up critical thinking skills, write Sam Wineburg, Joel Breakstone and Mark Smith. It's time to offer evidence. Read more at https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/04/03/historians-need-measure-what-their-students-learn-opinion
Why we need a new approach to teaching digital literacy
Learn why we need a new approach to teaching digital literacy in our new article out in Phi Delta Kappan.
4 Tips for Assessing Digital Literacy in Your Classroom
Read our post "4 Tips for Assessing Digital Literacy in Your Classroom" on the Teaching Channel blog.
Sam Wineburg Op-Ed
In Sam Wineburg's newest op-ed, he writes that "education, not regulation" is the answer to the problem of online disinformation.
New Research Featured by NPR & The Chronicle of Higher Ed
SHEG's research on how fact checkers evaluate information online is featured by NPR and The Chronicle of Higher Education.