#  \[Digital Brief\] "In an Era of Fake News, Teaching Students to Parse Fact From Fiction" (NY Times) 

 





March 24, 2017

 

 

 "*Would I share this? Would that be responsible of me as a news consumer?*" As the sheer amount of information available to the average person continues to grow, this question is more important now than ever. A recent article in the New York Times suggests one way of coping. "[In an Era of Fake News, Teaching Students to Parse Fact From Fiction](/%20https://nyti.ms/2mJK2cV%20)" introduces a story about how  sixth-graders at a Brooklyn middle school are learning to tell real news stories from ads disguised as news.



 

 

 

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