May Hourglass forum examines media literacy and education - One United Lancaster

Many young people can no longer read meaningfully. A call for media literacy is not very helpful.

May Hourglass forum examines media literacy and education - One United Lancaster

“In this digital era where news can spread quickly, misinformation can spread even faster, and artificial intelligence moves at lightning speed, it can feel like keeping up and knowing the right thing to do can be time consuming.” Said Lea Zikmund, Hourglass’s Executive Director, opening the May Hourglass First Friday Forum on media literacy and education.  Three Lancaster County educators joined Zikmund in the conversation. Panelists included …

We are facing the worst crisis of education and learning . More and more young people are leaving school and the levels of repetition are increasing, and while it is true that the current educational model does not respond to their needs, in order to understand the magnitude of the problem, it is urgent to look at what is happening at the first levels of education, where the structural failures that are then exploited in secondary school are tak…