Filtering the Internet In High Schools... are students learning what is news and what isn't?

Years ago, I started working for a school district on the same day their internet hookup was first turned on.  I watched the staff there move to accept the internet, then embrace it and now it is an integral part of the education process.

I have always advocated for less Internet filtering.  For example, I argued that students should be able to use facebook in school so they can properly learn how to use it.  I've argued that how can we teach kids about the Internet if we don't let them see it all.   Along the way this opinion has cost me a job, but I firmly believe that students need to see the Internet for what it is so they can learn.  Of course some filtering is needed (pornography is one good example).

So now the main stream media is reporting that students are having a hard time determining what online new is fake and what is real.  Here is on story on it:

Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds

I would love to see curriculum written that teaches students what to look for when reading online content.  Instead of shying away from some Internet content, we should use it as an example.  Stop filtering out fake news.

But things change slowly.  We will see.

Kim Cronin