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Mineola schools roll out districtwide media‑literacy and AI curriculum from pre‑K to 12
Summary
The district described a spiraled media‑literacy and AI continuum across grade bands, aligned to New York State guidance; librarians and teachers are using controlled AI environments (DATs/KidOYO) and planning professional development and parent resources.
Mineola Union Free School District administrators outlined a districtwide media‑literacy and artificial‑intelligence (AI) continuum at the April 16 board meeting, saying instruction will be spiraled across grade bands and paired with teacher professional development.
Sarah Ortiz, director of curriculum, instruction and learning, said media literacy is “the critical consumption of information” and described alignment to New York State’s new Portrait of a Graduate competencies for critical thinking, communication and digital citizenship. Ortiz framed the program as developmentally sequenced from primary grades through high school with explicit connections to classroom work and library instruction.
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