October 2nd, 2025 by WCBC Radio

A nonpartisan group is working to offer free curriculum to help Maryland schools arm students with the tools to evaluate internet claims. The nonprofit Digital Inquiry Group, called DIG, helps teachers integrate critical thinking skills into subjects including history and civics. Stanford professor Sam Wineburg cofounded DIG and says the curriculum has been downloaded 16 million times so far…

   

"We can't look at a particular post and assume that we know who's behind it and what their interests are. All information comes from a source, and to evaluate the quality of information, we have to take into account who produced it, and why.