This core finding has come from the final report of the Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy Skills.
The Commission was run by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Literacy in conjunction with the National Literacy Trust. The NLT has now published a series of free resources focusing on fake news and critical literacy in a bid to help schools tackle the issue.
The report – Fake News and Critical Literacy – also finds that half of children are worried about not being able to spot fake news, while two-thirds of teachers believe fake news is harming children’s wellbeing by increasing levels of anxiety, damaging self-esteem and “skewing their world view”.
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