Most students don't know when news is fake, Stanford study finds (quotes Sam Wineburg)

Sam Wineburg and the team at Stanford History Education Group released a report on students' ability to discern the credibility of information resources online. "Many assume that because young people are fluent in social media they are equally savvy about what they find there ... our work shows the opposite."

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The Christian Science Monitor, Many teens can't tell real news from fake, study finds

Education Week, Teenagers have trouble telling online 'fake news' from real news, study finds

Newsweek, Eighty-two percent of students can’t tell difference between real and fake news: study

NPR, Students have dismaying inability to tell fake news from real, study finds

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Brooke Donald, Director of Communications, Stanford Graduate School of Education: 650-721-402, brooke.donald@stanford.edu

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