Can media literacy ever reach large numbers of students in K-12 American schools?
Vote no if you do not have a close relationship with a schoolteacher who is currently practising in the elementary or secondary grades. Vote no if you recognize that schools, as institutions designed to conserve and maintain the social status quo, are unlikely to change within the next twenty years in the fairly dramatic ways that media literacy would require. For example, instead of reading eight classic novels in Grade 10, students would read four books and study two films, a newsmagazine and a web site. Is this something likely to happen in your lifetime? Vote no if you think the best, most realistic locations for kids to develop media literacy skills is in after-school programs, summer camps, religious education programs, library and prevention programs, community-based organizations, and at home with parental guidance. Vote yes if you can believe that educators in the primary grades – and those teaching language arts, social studies, health, science, music and art – can be introdu
