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Counterpoint: Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill today from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, to encourage media literacy in public schools... “By giving students the prope

• sorryforthethro 8y ago
  I do think it's important to teach these types of critical analysis skills in grade school, however, this bill is quite limited in scope: > On or before July 1, 2019, the department shall make available to school districts on its Internet Web site a list of resources and instructional materials on media literacy, including media literacy professional development programs for teachers. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm...
• porpoisely 8y ago
  You mean a state sponsored indoctrination of which state approved media sources to trust? It's funny how if alabama ran a state media indoctrination campaign, some people would be screaming propaganda. But california does it, some people think it is a good thing. These kids should be thought logic and history of media. Not "how to analyze media". Teaching them logic and history helps them to analyze everything ( religion, media, science, literature, etc ). Not just "media". What would be your opinion of china or russia running a media "literacy" campaign on their own children?
  • ionised 8y ago
    If this is how little trust you have in people then you probably shouldn't let anyone educate your children.