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College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened

By Sam Wineburg, Emeritus Professor of Education, Stanford University

Mike Evans knew something had to change.

As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in 2021, Evans had watched his students over the years show up with fewer facts and more conspiracy theories. Gone were the days when students arrived on campus with dim memories of high school civics. Now they came armed with bold, often misleading beliefs…

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