New Jersey is proposing new curriculum standards to help students spot misinformation, use AI responsibly, protect their privacy and build financial literacy. The changes would also expand information literacy and computer science instruction across grade levels.

Binary thinking does more than simplify. It constrains. It compresses complex realities into opposing positions. It creates false urgency.

Researchers say repeated phone checking, more than overall screen time, may be especially disruptive to learning and linked to reduced cognitive control.