Strategic Framework FY26 - Flipbook - Page 9
Three Paths to Nationwide News Literacy
Classroom resources
Community engagement
We develop top-tier, classroomready resources for the Checkology®
virtual classroom, our online learning
platform, and make them instantly
available in more than 110,000
schools through the Clever platform —
alongside leading edtech tools.
We’re reaching parents, guardians and
community educators of middle and high
school students more directly to address
common misunderstandings about news
literacy. These efforts help trusted adults
reinforce what students are learning in
school and build broader support for news
literacy in their communities.
Scroll Smarter, a monthly newsletter that will
20 interactive lessons taught by respected
journalists, media and First Amendment
experts, and scientists, exploring topics
such as news media bias, misinformation,
conspiratorial thinking and more.
launch at the start of the 2025-26 school year,
offers family-friendly tips, tools and conversation
starters on topics like social media, in昀氀uencers,
algorithms, AI and false rumors.
Training sessions and tailored resources
Resource Library that hosts a wide-ranging
for districts, librarians and community-based
leaders who work directly with youth or support
those who do – preparing them to teach news
literacy in their communities and respond to
growing questions and concerns from families.
collection of lesson plans, classroom
activities, posters, videos and quizzes to
support news literacy instruction across
subjects and grade levels. Resources
are designed to be 昀氀exible and
easy to adapt, whether an
educator has just a few
NLP’s resources
minutes or a full class
are proven to work
period to teach.
®
The Sift weekly
newsletter with teaching
ideas, discussion
prompts, quizzes and
two slide decks: quick
Daily Do Now openers and
RumorGuard® slides that help
students break down and
challenge viral rumors.
Independent assessments
consistently show that
NLP’s tools aren’t just
useful; they also improve
student outcomes.
During the 2024-25
school year, after completing
lessons on Checkology:
82% of students identi昀椀ed the more
credible of two articles on the same
topic from two different sources (+23
percentage points from pre-assessment).
88% of students recognized
when a social media post
failed to provide credible
evidence (+20 percentage
points from pre-assessment).
81% of students recognized
that a free press is very
important to a healthy
democracy (+17 percentage
points from pre-assessment).
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