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From eSchool News, Justin Appel, Assistant Editor, says,

“Despite the assumption that today’s students are tech-savvy, many fall short in demonstrating the information literacy skills necessary for success in college and the workforce, a new report says. The report comes from an evaluation of responses from students nationwide to an information-literacy assessment tool developed by the nonprofit ETS.” (November 2006)

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6725

Time Magazine article, How To Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century, by Claudia Wallace and Sonja Steptoe; Sunday, December 10, 2006:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480,00.html 

We need to teach students to be “discerning consumers of information.”