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Who Are the ‘Characters’ That Make Your Town Interesting?

Learning With: ‘A Star Is Made: 12 Performers Show What It Takes to Light Up the Stage in New York City’

Dog in a Backpack

Word + Quiz: bon mot

How I Would Have Fared On The SAT's Adversity Score

The Winners of Our Sixth Annual Student Editorial Contest: Teenagers Tell Us What Matters Most to Them

Are Your Parents Addicted to Their Phones?

Learning With: ‘Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option’

Balloon Face

Word + Quiz: expatiate

Measles for the One Percent

How Much Do You Trust Online Reviews?

Learning With: ‘‘‘It Was Like a Zoo”: Death on an Unruly, Overcrowded Everest’

Jack-of-all-trades

Word + Quiz: rostrum

Over 140 Picture Prompts to Inspire Student Writing

What Do You Plan to Catch Up On This Summer?

Learning With: ‘European Parliament Elections: 5 Biggest Takeaways’

Amusement Park

Word + Quiz: farrago

These Americans Fled The Country To Escape Their Giant Student Debt

Burger King’s Dystopian Student-Debt Sweepstakes

Is It Time To Abolish The SAT?

How Do You Feel About Your Body?

Learning With: ‘Why Apollo 10 Stopped Just 47,000 Feet From the Moon’

Oars and S’mores

Word + Quiz: mountebank

The Curse Of Genius

Learning With: ‘A Pledge to Pay Morehouse College Students’ Debt Prompts Elation, Envy and a Host of Questions’

One Last Adventure

How Much Do You Speak Up in School?

Word + Quiz: pallid

The Radical Plan To Change How Harvard Teaches Economics

Do You Hold Grudges?

Learning With: ‘Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. Now They’re Getting Their Due.’

Word + Quiz: logorrhea

Gender Expectations

Weekly News Quiz for Students: Abortion Ban, SAT, Jeff Koons

What’s Your Favorite Word?

Learning With: ‘The School Photo Industry Is a Master Class in Drama’

Breakfast

Word + Quiz: efface

California Teachers Pay For Their Own Substitutes During Extended Sick Leave

I Make $1,000 a Week Writing Essays for Lazy Students

Enjoy This Morehouse Student's Delayed Reaction To Realizing His Student Loans Are Getting Paid Off

How Much Do You Know About Lithuania?

Do You Like Your First Name? Would You Change It If You Could?

Learning With: ‘SAT’s New “Adversity Score” Will Take Students’ Hardships Into Account’

Word + Quiz: synecdoche

What’s Going On in This Picture? | May 20, 2019