{"id":1799060,"date":"2023-01-08T10:35:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T15:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1799060"},"modified":"2023-01-08T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T15:35:33","slug":"new-jersey-schools-to-teach-children-how-to-avoid-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-schools-to-teach-children-how-to-avoid-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Schools To Teach Children How To &#8220;Avoid Disinformation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-jersey-schools-to-teach-children-how-to-avoid-disinformation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1799060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/01\/GettyImages-1240584887.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey<\/a> Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/phil-murphy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Murphy<\/a> Signed \u201cinformation literacy\u201d Law this week that mandates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schools teach K-12<\/a> Students learn how to identify \u201cdisinformation\u201d Protecting is our motto \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Signed bill Murphy On WednesdayWas? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njleg.state.nj.us\/bill-search\/2022\/S588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sponsored<\/a> Both Republicans  Democrats In the legislature earlier in the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur democracy remains under sustained attack through the proliferation of disinformation that is eroding the role of truth in our political and civic discourse,\u201d Murphy <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/governor\/news\/news\/562022\/20230104b.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> In a statement \u201cIt is our responsibility to ensure our nation\u2019s future leaders are equipped with the tools necessary to identify fact from fiction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Directs bill, S588, bill New Jersey\u2019s Department This is Education To develop standards for schools districts to teach \u201cinformation literacy\u201d Critical thinking. \u201cInformation literacy is more important now than ever before, especially with the growing prevalence of social media and online news,\u201d  Acting Commissioner This is Education Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Both voted in favor of the bill. Democrats  Republicans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTeaching children about information literacy will help them to weigh the flood of news, opinion, and social media they are exposed to both online and off,\u201d  State Sen. Michael Testa, Republican Sponsor of the legislation \u201cThis law isn\u2019t about teaching kids that any specific idea is true or false, rather it\u2019s about helping them learn how to research, evaluate, and understand the information they are presented for themselves.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Democratic State Sen. Shirley Turner The bill was linked with the riot WashingtonWashington, D.C. January 6, 2021. \u201cThis signing feels especially timely as we approach the second anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol. It is incredibly important that our children are taught how to discern reliable sources and recognize false information,\u201d She claimed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Curriculum will include information about \u201ccritical thinking and using information resources,\u201d \u201cthe difference between facts, points of view, and opinions,\u201d  \u201cthe economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Murphy The legislation was described as the first ever state legislation dealing directly with this topic. \u201cinformation literacy.\u201d According To the group <a href=\"https:\/\/medialiteracynow.org\/your-state-legislation-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media Literacy Now<\/a>Other states have tried different approaches to integrate media literacy in the school curriculum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0He It was also connected to his \u201cDisinformation Portal\u201d It was launched by the New Jersey Office This is Homeland Security  Preparedness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At The portal, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njohsp.gov\/disinformation\"><span>resources<\/span><\/a><span> Learn more \u201cdisinformation hampers efforts to curb monkeypox,\u201d \u201canti-government disinformation targets law enforcement,\u201d \u201cdomestic extremists promote violence to oppose elections,\u201d  \u201cdomestic extremists exploit war in Ukraine.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Signed \u201cinformation literacy\u201d Law this week that mandates schools teach K-12 Students learn how to identify \u201cdisinformation\u201d Protecting is our motto \u201cdemocracy.\u201d The Signed bill Murphy On WednesdayWas? sponsored Both Republicans Democrats In the legislature earlier in the year.\u00a0 \u201cOur democracy remains under sustained attack through the proliferation of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1798502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[9899,5454,5458,4294,10340,3819,3735,5834],"class_list":["post-1799060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-disinformation","tag-avoid","tag-bongino","tag-children","tag-jersey","tag-report","tag-schools","tag-teach"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1799060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1798502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1799060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1799060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1799060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}