“The Internet can be an invaluable resource for students at every grade level, but it can also be rife with misinterpretations, lies, and rumors that can be confusing or even dangerous,” said state Sen. Michael Testa, R-Cumberland, a main sponsor. “The new standards will help develop young residents who can recognize false claims and have the skills to succeed in a web-driven world.”
Olga Polites, the New Jersey chapter leader of Media Literacy Now, said schools should teach students “critical thinking skills to combat the disinformation that comes across social media feeds and electronic devices.” “Unless we can do it in our K-12 school system, we are doomed,” Polites told NJ Advance Media. “Our democracy is not going to be able to sustain itself.”“I love my Twitter, but I love my Philadelphia Inquirer more,” Polites said. “That’s the difference. There are so many people that conflate the two. Because it comes over an electronic device, they give it credibility. But if we can get this into K-12 schools, we will be on our way to solving this incredibly huge problem.
in September that while New Jersey provides computer devices for students to learn, it doesn’t teach them how to “safely use those devices.” “That is what you are doing when you are giving computer devices to students and telling them to figure it out and just Google it,” Moyer Stubbs said during an Assembly committee hearing on the legislation.
And when do you plan on teaching this? Probably going to get rid of math cause whocares about those scores anyway. What’s next get rid of gym class for drag class
Better brain wash them early.
oh boy this isnt going to end well.
Do you remember when the boomers used to tell us millennials that we shouldn’t believe what we read online?
I’m sure this won’t get political at all
Let's start with the fact that there are only two genders, that boys have a penis and girls have a vagina, and that men cannot get pregnant.
Instead of CRT?
More opportunity for progressives to push their political indoctrination on kids. Truly disgusting.
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