An excerpt from Nate Noorlander’s EducationWeek article, published 12 July, 2024:

You can read this essay in a number of ways.

You might skim it and forget it—the fate of most internet content. Or you might take it seriously, consider it against your own intuition and experience, and note points of agreement and disagreement.

From a certain perspective, it’s interesting that you would take either of these approaches. You wouldn’t allow me physically into your home or office just to divert you with my opinions without knowing who I am first. Is it possible that, when it comes to media engagement, you’re moving too fast?

For the sake of argument, I’ll introduce myself: I’m a high school history, English, and philosophy teacher who co-founded an education company called The Nomadic Professor. The NP produces high school history courses and an elective high school media-literacy course in partnership with Ground News, a platform that allows readers to compare right-, center-, and left-leaning media coverage of the same stories.

So, does my teaching experience and subject expertise make me a credible source about media-literacy policy? Or does my private entrepreneurship compromise my credibility because I now have a vested interest? If you didn’t think to ask these questions, why not?

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