Thu Jan 12, 2023 – 5:48 pm EST
TRENTON, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews) — Recent comments by New Jersey Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy set an ominous light on a new law requiring “information literacy” be taught in public schools.
The law ostensibly requires that every school district in the Garden State teach students how to find and weigh information in the media, including but not limited to the “research process and how information is created and produced”; “critical thinking and using information resources”; “research methods, including the difference between primary and secondary sources”; the “difference between facts, points of view, and opinions”; “accessing peer-reviewed print and digital library resources”; the “economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information”; and the “ethical production of information.”
The bill, which was endorsed by the heads of the state teachers union and library association, passed the Legislature with both Democrat and Republican support, but comments by Murphy celebrating its enactment as law suggest the matter would have benefited from further deliberation.
“Our democracy remains under sustained attack through the proliferation of disinformation that is eroding the role of truth in our political and civic discourse,” Murphy said. “It is
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