Prompts

Before reading the article: Did you hear about the billionaire investor who shocked and delighted the 396 graduates of Morehouse College when he pledged to repay their student loans? Watch the video above to see what he says. Then, make some guesses before reading further: — What percentage of students at four-year colleges do you…

Four short, image-driven prompts that invite students to try different kinds of writing.

Each school day we publish a new Student Opinion question, and students use these writing prompts to reflect on their experiences and identities and respond to current events unfolding around them. To introduce each question, we provide an excerpt from a related New York Times article or Opinion piece as well as a free link…

Each day of the school year we publish a Student Opinion question inviting students to share their own opinions and experiences in response to New York Times stories on the news of the day. To introduce each question, we provide an excerpt from a related Times article, interactive or video as well as a free…

Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2025-26 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article, interactive feature or video.

Over 100 prompts to help you reflect on and write about your life.

A fourth-grade teacher shares how he used a list of questions compiled by The Learning Network to get students writing and talking about the issues that mattered to them.

Here are the news topics students had the most to say about this school year.

What issues do you care most about? What topics do you find yourself discussing passionately, whether online, at the dinner table, in the classroom or with your friends?In Unit 5 of our free yearlong writing curriculum and related Student Editorial Contest, we invite students to research and write about the issues that matter to them,…

A school year’s worth of short, accessible image-driven posts that invite a variety of kinds of writing.