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What does it take to overcome one of the oldest disinformation campaigns in U.S. history? Listen to the
Experiment
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Lisa Rau Cannon
Lisa Rau Cannon is a teacher and freelance journalist in Los Angeles. She has worked on education documentaries for the National Science Foundation and
GOOD
magazine. She is editor and co-founder of
College 101
, a college-mentoring website.
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Guns in the Classroom
How—and why—I talk to my young students about complex, distressing current events
Lisa Rau Cannon
December 4, 2013