Is Your School Facing Shortages Because of the Pandemic?
As schools return to in-person learning, many are experiencing shortages, which means they don’t have enough of something. In a recent New York Times article, the writer Giulia Heyward describes some of them:In Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker is activating the National Guard to help with the shortage in bus drivers. In North Carolina, legislators are…
Should Students Get Mental Health Days Off From School?
Have you ever felt so overwhelmed, stressed, anxious or depressed that you thought you needed a day off from school to reset? Does your school allow you to take a sick day when you’re feeling mentally unwell? If so, have you ever taken one? If not, do you wish you had the option? Depression and…
Has Your Relationship to School Attendance Changed Since the Pandemic?
Take a look at the graph above. It shows rates of chronic absence in the United States since 2016. What do you notice? What do you wonder? What story does it tell about the state of education today? What headline would you write to capture the graph’s main idea?Does the information in the graph surprise…
High School Stories: Recent New York Times Reporting on Secondary Schooling
Education stories have dominated headlines over the past year, as a quick glance down this long, long list will show. If you are participating in our new multimedia challenge, which invites students and educators to “show or tell us what high school is like in 2023,” we thought it might help to understand how The…
What Elective Do You Wish Your School Offered?
Does your school offer elective classes? Have you taken any? If so, which have been your favorite? Why?Are there any elective classes you wish your school offered?For example, would you be interested in a class that teaches you about where your food comes from?In “OK, Class, First We Shoot the Deer,” Mark Josephson writes about…
Should All High School Students Have Part-Time Jobs?
What can teenagers learn from working?
How Well Is Your School Handling Covid This Year?
What policies does your school have in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus? Are they working?Have you or your classmates been exposed to Covid since going back to school? If so, what happened? How do you feel about it?In “How to Prepare Your Kid for a Coronavirus Exposure at School,” Perri Klass gives…
How One School Uses The New York Times Across Its Curriculum
Often, teachers will write to us about one or two ways they’ve used The Times in their classrooms. But this idea, submitted by Susan Shatford, a library media specialist at Marblehead High School in Marblehead, Mass., is different. It’s not just one lesson or unit, but a comprehensive overview of how The New York Times…
What’s the Best Book You Ever Read for School?
Those of us who are readers often owe a lot to our teachers. To mark the end of Teacher Appreciation Week, we thought we’d take a moment to reflect on the most influential books we picked up thanks to a teacher who slipped a book into our hands, assigned a particular novel or reached out…
High School Reading Skills Are at a New Low. What Does That Mean for...
How urgent is this issue? What could happen if students graduate high school without learning to read well?
