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What Students Are Saying About Politics in School, Who They Turn To in a Crisis, and Stress

What’s Going On in This Graph? | Nov. 6, 2019

Film Club: ‘36 Questions That Lead to Love (Again)’

How Good Are You at Spending Time Alone?

Passport

Word + Quiz: sycophant

Weekly News Quiz for Students: Raid in Syria, California Fires, Google

What’s Your Favorite Halloween Costume, Past or Present?

Lesson of the Day: ‘With California Ablaze, Firefighters Strain to Keep Up’

‘OK Boomer’

Word + Quiz: petulant

Lesson of the Day: ‘I Was a Low-Income College Student. Classes Weren’t the Hard Part.’

What Grievances Do You Have With Your Local Community?

Lesson of the Day: ‘Survivors of ISIS Carnage Feel Little Relief at al-Baghdadi’s Death’

Small Talk

Word + Quiz: factotum

How Much Do You Know About Peru?

Should Your School Day Start Later?

Word + Quiz: ignominy

What’s Going On in This Picture? | Oct. 28, 2019

Lesson of the Day: ‘Occupy Alcatraz: Native American Activism in the Modern Era’

Are You a Worrier?

Lesson of the Day: ‘From Chile to Lebanon, Protests Flare Over Wallet Issues’

Strange Cuisine

Word + Quiz: vignette

What Students Are Saying About: Extremist Content Online, Rivalries and Reflections

Film Club: ‘‘I’m Worried That I Will Die:’ Hong Kong Protesters Write Final Goodbyes’

What’s Going On in This Graph? | Oct. 30, 2019

Is the Impeachment Inquiry a Teachable Moment? Or Should Politics Stay Out of the Classroom?

Scramble

Word + Quiz: slovenly

Who Do You Turn To in a Crisis?

Lesson of the Day: ‘The World Can Make More Water From the Sea, but at What Cost?’

The Guggenheim

Word + Quiz: jowl

Weekly News Quiz for Students: Presidential Debate, NASA, World Series

Lesson of the Day: ‘Fear, Anxiety and Hope: What It Means to Be a Minority in Gaming’

Can Social Media Be a Tool for Learning and Growth in Schools?

Multitasking

Word + Quiz: sallow

How Much Do You Know About Oman?

Are Some Youth Sports Too Intense?

Lesson of the Day: ‘When the Student Newspaper Is the Only Daily Paper in Town’

Word + Quiz: tactile

What’s Going On in This Picture? | Oct. 21, 2019

Does the Future of Robots Get You Excited, or Fill You With Dread?

Lesson of the Day: ‘How a Prison Play Goes on Tour’

Split Reflections

What Is Your Favorite Rivalry?

Lesson of the Day: ‘This Is the Free Jumpsuit You’ll Get With a $250,000 Ticket to Space’