Introduction

Every Sunday night we post an intriguing image from The New York Times without its caption. Then, on Mondays, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern, we host a live-moderated discussion with facilitators from Visual Thinking Strategies where students engage in a conversation about the picture and are prompted to find evidence to back up…

Register for the live webinar on Aug. 26.The Learning Network publishes nearly 1,000 teaching resources each school year, all based on New York Times content — articles, essays, images, videos, graphics and podcasts. Educators across the globe use our resources to connect students to the world, give them a voice, strengthen literacy skills, and promote…

Every week of the school year, we publish a 10-question interactive quiz to challenge students’ knowledge of the week’s biggest news stories. The quiz invites students to select the missing words or phrases from selections of recent New York Times stories. It also challenges students to discern between real and fake headlines, and to match…

Every week of the school year, we feature a short documentary film published in The New York Times. These films ask students to consider a variety of themes like ethics, civil rights, gender identity and scientific discovery. Each Film Club entry begins with an essential question to help frame the lesson, followed by a set…

Every week of the school year we share a different graph, map or chart from The New York Times and invite students to share what they notice and wonder about it. With our partners at the American Statistical Association, we host a live-moderated discussion about that graph every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

Besides written articles, The Times also offers a rich collection of visuals — photos, illustrations, graphics, GIFs and short videos — that are accessible to learners of all levels. Since 2016, we’ve been featuring these images in our daily Picture Prompts.These accessible, image-driven prompts include both photographs and illustrations, and invite a variety of kinds…

Every school day we post a new lesson plan that addresses the news. Whether it’s the development of artificial intelligence, the crisis at the United States-Mexico border or the longstanding issue of segregation in schools, we have a library of hundreds of lesson plans related to current events that is growing all the time. Our…

Every school day we post a new question that invites students to read a Times article and respond with their own ideas. Teachers tell us it is a good opportunity to practice writing for an authentic audience. Some of our questions ask students to make an argument, while others invite personal writing. They range in…