From the CIRCLE website:

With news sources changing rapidly and fragmenting along ideological lines, understanding how to use news and information media (“information literacy”) is an important civic skill. A new fact sheet by CIRCLE deputy director Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg explores the extent to which information literacy is taught in high school civics classes and how its teaching varies.

Using the data from CIRCLE’s National Civics Teacher Survey, which asked teachers about the courses they taught in Fall 2012, this analysis found that overall:

• Civics teachers believe that information literacy is critical and that students must be able to identify and gather credible information
• Less than half of teachers are very confident about teaching information literacy. A majority are interested in receiving more training and resources.
• Teachers commonly use news articles as sources, and 80% discuss election-related issues at least weekly
• AP and honors courses are more likely to incorporate information literacy than courses that are required for graduation.
• Teachers who perceive more support are more likely to teach information literacy.

Read the fact sheet National Civics Teacher Survey: Information Literacy in High School Civics. The National Civics Teacher Survey was conducted as part of CIRCLE’s Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge.