Help Your Students Navigate the World They Actually Live In
Help Your Students Navigate the World They Actually Live In
The free K–12 Digital Literacy & Well-Being Curriculum from Common Sense Media. Research-backed. Interactive. Built for online, IRL, and everything in between.
Kids Deserve More Than Lectures About Screen Time
Kids today are navigating a world full of media and tech that reshapes how they think, connect, and grow. This new world comes with some benefits, but also some real drawbacks. The skills and mindsets that matter most don't necessarily develop on their own.
Most schools don't have a structured way to help students navigate this new world, but we've spent 20 years building one. And it's free—for every district, school, and classroom.
Essential Human Skills
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| Critical Thinking
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| Human Connection
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| Creativity
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| Curiosity
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Built for Every Educator
Our Impact
Candid Conversations, Lasting Skills
Our curriculum doesn't shy away from the hard stuff like deepfakes, cyberbullying, consent and AI hallucination.
It covers six essential topics, building student skills from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Healthy Habits
Relationships & Communication
Privacy & Safety
Cyberbullying & Online Harm
Digital Footprint
Information & Media Literacy
170+ K–12 Lessons. 100% Free.
Lessons are ~20 minutes (K–8) or ~40 minutes (9–12), with interactive activities, discussion guides, and built-in flexibility.
Flexible enough for your school. Structured enough to work.
Whether you're rolling out school-wide or picking up a single lesson for a timely teachable moment:
Full implementation: Use the complete grade-level sequence across the school year — a research-backed progression that builds skills and mindsets over time.
Flexible use: Pull individual lessons when a topic is relevant: after a school incident, during a news cycle, or when a student brings something into the classroom.
Real Classrooms, Real Impact
"Common Sense lessons and other resources provide the necessary tools to teach our students, families, and other community members. These resources help impact our community in a positive way by helping us to have discussions about these difficult topics that might be overlooked."
"Common Sense is a resource that I have used over the years that has not only helped students become more mindful of their devices but also their online communities, the impact of the choices they make in these communities and the overlapping between online and real life experiences and interactions."
"Implementing Common Sense has helped students make safer, more thoughtful choices online. They’re better at managing screen time, protecting their privacy, and communicating respectfully, skills they now use at school and at home."
20 Years of Putting Kids First
Common Sense has been the trusted resource for parents, educators, and leaders navigating kids, media, and technology for more than two decades. Our curriculum is built on research—not opinion.
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| Trusted PartnersDeveloped in partnership with Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education |
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| Expert InputInformed by experts at Georgetown, Wellesley, and Cornell |
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| Independent EvaluationIndependently evaluated by researchers at the London School of Economics and the University of New Hampshire, with measurable improvements in student outcomes |
Trusted by school districts across the country
Ready to Bring it to Your School?
Start building critical thinkers, resilient communicators, and thoughtful digital citizens.
*As measured in a June 2026 survey of registered educators. N = 2238