Will K-12 schools lead the way for political discourse on social media?
Over the past several years, social media has become a disruptive force in the American political process. Yes, it promotes discussion, facilitates productive communication, and enables small groups of like-minded people to broadly share their message. However, it has also been force of destruction. By filtering sources that align with our belief systems, we less frequently challenge ourselves with ideas that are different than our own. More destructive than filtering the news we receive is that we filter our friendships….