Why it’s easy to fall for misinformation | K-12 Schools may lose $160M in COVID Relief Funds | Is the California State Library haunted?
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Joy Harrison instructs her second graders as California Gov. Gavin Newsom visits the classroom at Carl B. Munck Elementary School, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Oakland, Calif.
Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool
What news literacy is and why it is easy for people to fall for misinformation. A California State Auditor report projects $160 million in federal aid for K-12 pandemic education might expire and what school districts need to do to secure the pandemic relief funds ahead of the deadline. California State Library ‘ghostbusters’ explain the rumors that the state library is haunted and share a collection of stories told by staff throughout the years.
Today's Guests
- John Silva, Senior Director of Professional Learning with the News Literacy Project, explains what news literacy is and why it is easy for people to fall for misinformation.
- Following a California State Auditor report projecting $160 million in federal aid for K-12 pandemic education might expire, Mike Farquharson, Policy Analyst at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, explains how the funds allocated to schools for pandemic relief are meant to be used, and what the deadline is for districts to allocate the money.
- Tim Taylor, California Executive Director for the Small School Districts Association, describes what school districts need to do to secure the pandemic relief funds allocated by the federal government ahead of the deadline.
- Mona Robinson and Ian Boalt, California State Library ‘ghostbusters,’ explain the rumors that the state library is haunted and share a collection of stories told by staff throughout the years.
