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Senate bill would add media literacy to Rhode Island civics curriculum; committee holds bill
Summary
Sen. Mark Oyer introduced S-638 to add media literacy to the state's existing Civic Literacy Act; supporters including the Department of State and education groups backed the change as timely, and the committee voted to hold the bill for further consideration.
Senator Mark Oyer introduced legislation, S-638, to add media literacy instruction to Rhode Island's existing Civic Literacy Act. The bill was presented to the Senate Education Committee and subsequently held for further review.
Oyer told the panel, "what this bill does is makes a simple tweak, addition, to that law, which basically adds media literacy to civics education." He described recent local examples of social media amplification that, in his view, illustrated why schools should…
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