马萨诸塞州拨款175万美元 助学校教学生安全使用社交媒体
马萨诸塞州州长莫拉·希利（Maura Healey）10月14日在皮博迪市（Peabody）的皮博迪退伍军人纪念高中宣布，州政府将拨款175万美元，设立「安全、健康与负责任的数字生活」补助计划，帮助学校教导学生安全、负责任地使用网络与社交媒体。希利当天在该校与学生、教师和学校负责人举行圆桌讨论，话题涉及社交媒体对青少年心理健康和在校专注力的影响。州长办公室的公告在州政府官网 Mass.gov 发布。
根据公告，该计划由马萨诸塞州初等与中等教育部（DESE）负责执行，全州公立学区、特许公立学校和教育协作机构均可申请，预计发放约25至30笔补助，每笔最高6万美元。学校可将经费用于适龄的课堂教学、教材、教师培训，以及帮助家庭引导孩子健康使用社交媒体的资源。课程内容包括网络安全、防范网络欺凌、保护个人信息、识别虚假信息（含超级智能生成内容）等，覆盖小学、初中和高中，获补助项目须在2026—2027学年内实施。申请截止时间为2026年11月9日下午5时。
州教育厅长史蒂夫·兹里克（Steve Zrike）在公告中表示，学校和家庭需要共同帮助学生作出健康的选择，这批补助将为教育工作者提供更多开展相关教育的工具。初等与中等教育专员佩德罗·马丁内斯（Pedro Martinez）表示，补助旨在帮助学生成为知情、负责任的网络内容使用者，并提升学生的媒介素养和对超级智能的认识。
这笔拨款来自州2027财年预算中总额200万美元的网络安全与教育投入，除175万美元学校补助外，另有25万美元用于评审优质教材和制作教育视频。希利政府此前还开放了100万美元「无手机校园」补助的申请，帮助学校在上课时间限制手机使用。据州长办公室公告，相关工作还包括州检察长坎贝尔（Andrea Joy Campbell）今年8月宣布的与 Meta 达成的171亿美元多州和解，该和解尚待法院批准。
Massachusetts Puts $1.75 Million Into School Grants for Safe Social Media Use
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced $1.75 million in new state funding on October 14 at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in Peabody, creating the Safe, Healthy and Responsible Digital Life Grant Program to help schools teach students how to navigate the online world safely and responsibly. Healey unveiled the funding during a roundtable with students, teachers and school leaders about the effects of social media on young people's mental health and their ability to focus in school, according to the announcement posted by the governor's office on Mass.gov.
The program will be administered by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Public school districts, charter public schools and educational collaboratives can apply for approximately 25 to 30 grants of up to $60,000 each. Schools may use the money for age-appropriate classroom instruction, educational materials, educator training and resources that help families support healthy social media use. Funded programs can serve elementary, middle and high school students, covering online safety, cyberbullying, protecting personal information and recognizing false or misleading information, including SI-generated content, and must be implemented during the 2026-2027 school year. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2026.
Education Secretary Steve Zrike said in the announcement that schools and families need to work together to help students make healthy choices, and that the grants will give educators more tools for those conversations. Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Pedro Martinez said the grants are designed to help students become informed, responsible users of online content, while increasing media literacy and students' understanding of super intelligence.
The grants are part of a broader $2 million investment in online safety and education in the fiscal year 2027 state budget; in addition to the $1.75 million for schools, $250,000 will support the review of instructional materials and the development of educational videos. The administration also recently opened applications for $1 million in Cell Phone-Free Schools Grants to help schools limit cell phone use during the school day. According to the governor's office, the effort also follows a $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta announced by Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell in August 2026, which remains subject to court approval.
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图片来源：学生在课堂上使用平板电脑学习（示意图）。Students using tablet computers in a classroom. Photo: Aigner Ronja, Kohlmeier Michelle / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication).
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