What High School Is Like in 2023: A Multimedia Challenge for Teachers and Teens
Please read the details before submitting an entry. You can find more in the Frequently Asked Questions section below.Your submission must in some way respond to our focus question: What can you show or tell us that might help explain what it’s like to be an educator or a student in a secondary school right…
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…
How Did You Grow and Change This School Year?
The 2022-23 academic year is coming to a close, and we’ve created a post describing 10 ways to reflect on these last months and learn from them. But the 10 ways aren’t just for students — we also hope teachers can benefit from them. In fact, we would be delighted if teachers and students did…
Do School Employees Deserve More Respect — and Pay?
Los Angeles school workers — teachers’ aides, bus drivers and other school employees — went on a three-day strike. How do these often “invisible” workers make your education possible?
Should All High School Students Have Part-Time Jobs?
What can teenagers learn from working?
Lesson Plan: On ‘School Is for Us’
Students will examine a photo essay in which teenagers use their cameras to answer the question “What is school for?” Then, they will use the work as a model for their own responses to that question.
How Have School Shootings Shaped Your Experience as a Student?
Though the article was published in 2018 following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., it remains resonant in the wake of several more American gun massacres. The authors wrote:PARKLAND, Fla. — Delaney Tarr, a high school senior, cannot remember a time when she did not know about school shootings.So when…
Lesson of the Day: ‘How a High School Debate Team Shaped Ketanji Brown Jackson’
Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How a High School Debate Team Shaped Ketanji Brown Jackson” by Patricia MazzeiPresident Biden on Friday said he would nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who announced last month that he would retire at the end of the current term this summer. If…
How Diverse Is Your School?
Describe your school: Is it public or private? How do students get to attend your school? Is it based on geographic area? A test, an audition or high grades? What is the makeup of the student body in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality or religion?Do you consider your school to be diverse? Why or…
Are You a Fan of ‘School Accounts’ on Social Media?
Have you heard of “sleep accounts” on social media that catch students dozing off in class? Why do you think they are popular right now?Have you ever appeared on a sleep account or other account related to school culture? If so, what were you doing in the photo? How did you feel about it? Have…
