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Introduction. Education problems of the younger generation in the challenges context of the new information reality are highlights. Methodology. The study was carried out based on the methodology of a systems approach, regulatory documents analysis, literature review of the research problem, generalization of experimental data, and logical conclusions. Discussion. The central topic of discussion is the cultural lag phenomenon caused by the contradiction between accelerated technological development (development of material culture) and the low speed of human socio-cultural evolution. The questions of finding adaptation mechanisms to the conditions of a super-dynamically changing information environment, including in the general education field, are raised. The gains and losses of the digital transformation in education are described. It is shown that the lack of time to catch up and appropriate the technological innovations of the information society is aggravated by the school unwillingness to abandon conservative foundations. The study results revealed how the cultural lag phenomenon in general education manifests itself. Federal state educational standards of general education, developed in accordance with the requirements of scientific and technological society`s development, did not accelerate the education development: in the context of digital transformation in education, information technologies did not affect the education content, did not become its tool, did not lead to a change in the reproductive approach to an activity-based one. It is shown that the education challenge is the growing dependence of the students` digital generation on the Internet, social networks and mass media, its unwillingness to integrate into the pre-digital educational process. Approaches to the presentation of education that meet the time requirements are presented. Conclusion. The socio-cultural lag in education is an objective phenomenon and has multiple manifestations. Among the tasks aimed at reducing this gap are the development by teachers of information technology education, relevant approaches to educating the “digitalˮ generation of schoolchildren, and ways to teach information hygiene skills.