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Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Sneezing Dogs, Dancing Bees: How Animals Vote” by Elizabeth Preston.The 2020 election is off to a rocky and complicated start. Many are wondering if there is a better way to elect a president.What comparative political lessons can we learn from the animal kingdom? While they…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “When Can We Go to School?” Nearly 300 Million Children Are Missing Class, by Vivian Wang and Makiko InoueSince January, we have written lessons for students about the coronavirus outbreak and early efforts to contain it. We published a special guest-authored math lesson to better…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “5 Takeaways From a Super Tuesday That Changed the Democratic Race” March 3 was Super Tuesday, the biggest day of the Democratic presidential campaign. The results increasingly suggested a two-person race between candidates representing competing wings of the party.In this lesson, you will analyze the…

4. Why are some professors, colleges and universities resistant to the evolving uses of pronouns in their classrooms? Why did Nicholas K. Meriwether, 62, a professor at Shawnee State University, refuse to call a transgender student by “feminine titles or pronouns”? Do you agree that it would violate his religious convictions? How did the university…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “After 18 Years, Is This Afghan Peace, or Just a Way Out?” by David E. SangerAfter more than a year of talks, Taliban and American negotiators struck a deal on Feb. 29 to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, laying out the beginning of the end…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Should Robots Have a Face?” by Michael CorkeryAs automation comes to retail industries, companies are giving machines more humanlike features in order to make them liked, not feared.In this lesson, you will learn about the growing presence of robots in the workplace and their impact…

6. Fatima Goss Graves, the president of the National Women’s Law Center said that the verdict provided hope that we can “have a criminal justice system that reflects the reality of sexual violence.” What does Ms. Graves mean by that? What does Mr. Weinstein’s case reveal about sexual violence?Following the verdict, The New York Times…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “800,000 Syrians Have Fled in Three Months. This Is What It Looks Like.”The Syrian government, backed by Russian forces, has accelerated its monthslong offensive to seize control of Idlib, the last province held by the opposition. Facing heavy bombardment of towns and villages, more than…

[music] This is a story about a guy and a term he likes to think he invented. “Really, the word — I think one of the greatest of all terms I’ve come up with is ‘fake.’ I guess other people use it, perhaps, over the years. But I’ve never noticed it.” It’s only been around…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Technology Is Changing the Future of Higher Education” by Jon Marcus.Labs across the country are testing artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other innovations that could improve learning and lower costs for Generation Z and beyond. In this lesson, you will learn how they are…