Students

As we wrap up the 11th year of our Summer Reading Contest, we’re seeking student voices on what it has meant to you to participate.Use the form below to share your reflections on reading and reacting to The New York Times this summer. We plan to use some of your comments in an upcoming post.

We all need human connection to survive and if we don’t get it we will become comfortable being alone. Many find that as a good thing but if you really think about it you can develop mental illnesses without even noticing and in the future you won’t feel comfortable talking to people about it because…

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed over the past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you’ll find the answer. Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.

Or, are standardized test scores, like the SAT and ACT, unfair and inaccurate?In “Why Is the SAT Falling Out of Favor?,” Shawn Hubler asks, “Are the tests that were first deployed to diversify the Ivy League beyond rich prep schoolers a worthwhile yardstick, or are they, as one U.C. regent put it, ‘a proxy for…

For this week’s roundup of student comments on our writing prompts, we asked teenagers to decide if students should be monitored during online tests, to share what books assigned by teachers became their favorites, and to weigh in on whether or not teenagers should be allowed to drive without passing a road test. We’d like…

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed over the past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you’ll find the answer. Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed over the past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you’ll find the answer. Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.

In “Keeping Online Testing Honest? Or an Orwellian Overreach?,” Shawn Hubler writes about universities trying to ensure academic integrity in online testing:In an April survey by Educause, a nonprofit organization focused on technology and education, 77 percent of 312 institutions polled said they were administering, or planning to administer, take-home tests online with some sort…

For this week’s roundup of student comments on our writing prompts, we asked teenagers to share stories about their current lives using numbers, explain what their regional accent means to them and share their thoughts on protesting during a pandemic.We’d like to give a warm welcome to the new students who joined the conversation this…

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed over the past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you’ll find the answer. Have you been paying attention to the news recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.