As a high school English and film teacher in the post-quarantine world, Mark Fusco has read about “lost generations” and “learning loss.” But he believes these assessments of today’s students today are incomplete. What valuable skills did young people actually gain during their time away from school? Fusco has seen a surge in what he calls “film-based literacy.” Students’ ability to create and assess video content must be better understood and occupy a more central place in our future curricula.
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