Knowing who made a piece of content, why, and whether to trust it is harder in the age of AI, and it matters younger. A case for teaching truth discernment on purpose, from the primary years up.

The risk isn’t AI itself. It’s avoidance.
While students experiment with AI at home, some school leaders are still debating bans. But history is clear: transformative tools do not disappear because we disapprove of them.
If we care about safeguarding and future readiness, we cannot afford silence.