By Kara Alaimo, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University Dear Educators, To borrow a phrase from pop culture, today’s youth often lead their lives “extremely online.” In Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Take It Back, students will learn how they

Information literacy at an early age is essential when it comes to modern literacy learning. It is crucial that students develop critical thinking skills necessary to evaluate sources and grow comfortable with the notion that knowledge is never fixed and is always evolving. NCTE has acknowledged the information literacy crisis in their Position Statement on