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Find all our Student Opinion questions here.Do your parents use your phone or some other device to track you? If yes, does it make you feel safer that they know where you are? Does it limit your freedom? Do you care one way or the other?And if they monitor your location, do you know why?…

Find all our Student Opinion questions here.In “The #MeToo Balancing Act in High School,” Andrew Reiner writes:The #MeToo movement was a watershed moment, empowering girls and women to share their stories, and many boys and young men have told me in interviews that the greater awareness of and need to end sexual assault against females…

Find all our Student Opinion questions here. When you buy something in a store, do you rely on the store’s plastic bags to get your items home? Or do you bring your own reusable bag — or just skip the bag entirely? For residents of New York state, the store-provided plastic bag won’t be an…

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…

Find all our Student Opinion questions here. How much time do you spend on your phone? Do you think of it as time well spent? Or, do you ever wish you were on it less? Do your parents, or other adults in your life, try to control how much you use your phone? Are they…

On Monday, after a lengthy investigation, Major League Baseball announced that the Houston Astros had cheated by using technology to steal signs during the regular season and playoffs of their World Series-winning 2017 season.Houston general manager, Jeff Luhnow, and manager, A.J. Hinch, were suspended for a year by M.L.B. — and then fired by the…

Find all our Student Opinion questions here. How do people get around in your community? Are there different forms of public transit, such as trains and buses? Is it more common for people to drive or cycle to and from work and school? Does your community have shared forms of transit like ride-share services, taxis…

Find all our Student Opinion questions here. Do your teachers use textbooks in class or for homework assignments? Are there certain classes where you think textbooks are particularly beneficial to learning? Are there other subjects that you prefer learning a different way? The New York Times writer Dana Goldstein spent the last five months reading…

Find all our Student Opinion questions here. Have you ever heard two songs that sound remarkably similar? What about watched movies or read books with similar plot points or characters? Do you think there are instances when it is O.K. for artists to borrow from each other? Should there be consequences for artists to borrow…

Find all our Student Opinion questions here. Do you know how to write in cursive? If yes, where did you learn this skill? How often do you use it?Is cursive a valuable skill in 2019? Or is it a relic of the past?In “A Defense of Cursive, From a 10-Year-Old National Champion,” Tracey Tully writes:A…