MSNBC: NJ Law Requiring ‘Information Literacy Lessons’ for K–12 Students ‘May Prove To Be the Model for Other States’

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MANGANELLO: "We're going to check to make sure it's credible."
BURNS (voice-over): "Identifying credible sources."
MANGANELLO: "There's a lot out there on social media that's true and a lot that you have to fact-check."
BURNS: "Finding evidence."
MANGANELLO: "We want to make sure that we're taking the article and then looking to see what other news organizations are reporting."
BURNS: "Cross-referencing stories. Librarian Lisa Manganello is teaching these essential skills to these juniors at South Brunswick High, helping them discern fact from fiction, and everything in between when consuming the news."
MANGANELLO: "I want them to be curious about the world, but to do it in a way that's smarter than -- than some Americans may be doing it right now."
BURNS: "This kind of lesson will soon be mandated for all K-12 students across New Jersey, thanks to a bill passed with bipartisan support and signed by the state's governor earlier this month. It was spearheaded by the state's librarians, and Manganello's class will serve as a framework for the new statewide curriculum on information literacy."
MANGANELLO: "We want to make sure that they have the skills they need to survive and cope and thrive in an environment where media is going to be thrown at them constantly."