California Students to Learn Media Literacy Skills Under New Law

Published on November 14, 2023

California students will learn media literacy skills in school beginning January 2024, after a bill was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month. The new law aims to help elementary to high school students develop critical thinking skills regarding online and other information. It also sets state standards for media literacy and requires the state Department of Education’s Instructional Quality Commission to incorporate such content into English language arts, science, mathematics, and history-social science curricula when those frameworks are next revised. The law defines media literacy as the “ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and use media and information and encompasses the foundational skills that lead to digital citizenship,” according to the bill’s text....

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