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Re:Platforms' current attempts to regulate misinformation am... by giantg2 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:20AM (#24342744)
I haven't seen logic classes or philosophy of argument classes in primary or secondary education - at least not on a large scale or being mandatory.
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Re:Platforms' current attempts to regulate misinformation am... by elefanten on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @12:24AM (#24349958)
One thing that is pretty widespread is Speech and Debate. The debate disciplines, in particular, are very rigorous at higher levels of competition. It's a very good educational activity.

However, to your point, it's not a class and it's not required. So participation in debate ends up being very low among the population of all students.

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Re:Platforms' current attempts to regulate misinformation am... by jacquesm on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @12:15PM (#24343401)
That would be a good start.
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