What Teenagers Are Saying About Love
Students tell us what they have learned from the platonic, familial and romantic relationships in their lives.
What Students Are Saying About the Demands of High School
We asked teenagers if they were overscheduled, and how it would feel if they were able to slow down and do less.
What Students Are Saying About Celebrity Endorsements, Trendy Water Bottles and Their Sleep Routines
This week, teenage responses to three recent Picture Prompts.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Parents Paying Their Children to Read
Can bribes instill a lifelong love of reading? Teens weigh in on a recent guest essay.
What Students Are Saying About Summer Vacation and Heading Back to School
Welcome to a new year of Current Events Conversation!
What Students Are Saying About Making School Lunch Healthier
I feel that throughout my school many food ends up getting wasted because of the lack of attention brought to people with regards to healthy eating. Because so many fruits and vegetables get thrown out on the daily at my school, many people are getting fueled on the unhealthy salt and sugar-filled items that are…
What Students Are Saying About Tech in the Classroom
Tech inside classrooms has had many positive effects and many negative effects. Without technology, it would take forever to find sources/information and it would also take ages to do complex things. With technology, people can easily find information and they can easily do many things but the big downside is that they can easily just…
What’s This Image Saying? Teens Weigh In.
Every week in our Picture Prompts, we post at least one image from The New York Times, without a caption, and invite students to try and decode it. What do they think the image is communicating? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can they relate to it personally? What…
What Students Are Saying About Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’
The period of school shutdowns got students out of their school routines.When I think back to virtual learning, my brain automatically goes to how stress free it was. I was in sixth grade when Covid first hit and going through a period of my life where I was extremely anxious at school. I believe that…
Teenagers on Saying ‘Like’
Maybe with some self-reflection and practice, I can kick this habit and speak more confidently and clearly. — Adaobi, Valley Stream NorthTo me filler words are just like any other word. They have meaning when you deliberately place meaning in them but when you use them to fill natural silence in your conversation they become…
