Pears Foundation and Public First are proud to announce the launch of the Commission on Countering Online Conspiracy in Schools.
Chaired by Sir Trevor Pears CMG, Executive Chair of the Pears Foundation, and Sir Mufti Hamid Patel, CEO of Star Academies, the Commission has kicked off perhaps the biggest ever inquiry into how online conspiracy theories, as well as misinformation and disinformation, are manifesting in the classroom.
The project will use qualitative and quantitative research with students, teachers and parents to find out how each group understands the problem and how they think it should be tackled. The Commission will also hold a number of expert evidence sessions.
Funded by the Pears Foundation with a secretariat provided by Public First, the work of the Commission and the inquiry will be squarely located in schools. It will ask how schools and teachers can be supported to best counter the threat of various conspiracies and disinformation campaigns among their students.
