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What’s Going On in This Picture? | April 1, 2019

Why Do The SAT And The ACT Cost So Much?

How Important Is Knowing a Foreign Language?

Learning With: ‘“Dog Suicide Bridge”: Why Do So Many Pets Keep Leaping Into a Scottish Gorge?’

Generation Z

Word + Quiz: facetious

This Is How You Kill A Profession

What Students Are Saying About: Leaving a Legacy, Fighting for a Cause and Looking at the Stars

Film Club: ‘I Am Not Untouchable. I Just Have My Period.’

The Cult Of Homework

Teaching With NYT Virtual Reality Across Subjects

What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 3, 2019

The Human Costs Of Kamala Harris’ War On Truancy

Should the U.S. Get Rid of the Electoral College?

Learning With: ‘Purdue Pharma and Sacklers Reach $270 Million Settlement in Opioid Lawsuit’

Hanging With Friends

Word + Quiz: mitigate

Ways With Words: The Winners of the 2019 Vocabulary Video Contest

Weekly News Quiz for Students: Mueller Report, Military Operation, Gun Ban

Learning With: ‘This Water Drop, It’s the Greatest Dancer’

What Show Do You Wish Your School Would Stage?

Word + Quiz: contretemps

Stacks of Money

Gonzaga Tries To Convince Jimmy Kimmel It Exists... And He's Not Buying It

Are You a Procrastinator?

Learning With: ‘Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy, but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction’

Literary Protagonists

Word + Quiz: dulcet

Should the U.S. Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Weapons?

How Much Do You Know About Jordan?

Do You Have Satisfying Friendships?

Learning With: ‘Under the Influence of a “Super Bloom”’

Word + Quiz: extemporize

What’s Going On in This Picture? | March 25, 2019

Stuyvesant Has 29 Black Students Out of 3,300. How Do They Feel?

Should the U.S. Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Weapons?

Learning With: ‘What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It’

Hole in the Ceiling

Word + Quiz: transmogrify

What Students Are Saying About the College Admissions Cheating Scandal

Film Club: ‘Sanctuaries of Silence’

Epic Explorations: Teaching the ‘Odyssey’ with The New York Times

What Legacy Do You Want to Leave Behind?

Learning With: ‘Flooding in Mozambique From Cyclone Idai Made an “Inland Ocean,” Stalling Rescues’

$430 Million Deal

Word + Quiz: valise

What It's Like To Be Black On Campus When White People Assume You Don't Deserve To Be There

Can Not Going To College Be Fatal?

This Elite College Admissions Consultant Charges An Average Of $50,000 For His Services

Should We Abolish the Death Penalty?