TACOMA – Washington leaders have passed a law that requires students to learn about media literacy and internet safety in schools.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed the new law Thursday. The law requires Washington schools to develop a model policy to better support digital citizenship, media literacy and internet safety. Media literacy is defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media. A statewide survey of teacher-librarians, principals and school technology directors will be conducted to determine how they are currently integrating digital citizenship and media literacy education into their curriculum.
A website with links to successful practices in other schools, curriculum and resources for teachers will be created under the law.
