Summer

What was the song of the summer? In your opinion, what qualities does a song need to have to be a summer hit? Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to find out what one Times music critic thinks is the secret ingredient in songs of summer. Find many more ways to…

Summer is just around the corner. Tell us how you would like to spend your time off from school, including the names of books, movies, television shows, albums, dance performances, plays and concerts you would like to check out. In the introduction to “A Season to Catch Up on Reading,” John Williams writes: Most years…

This summer has produced dramatic headlines about events both national and global. Here are 49 questions to help you remember what happened and learn more. Can you answer them all without looking at the word bank at the bottom of this post? We have also created this printable version of the quiz (PDF), as well…

Welcome to our first edition of Accessible Activities, a new feature to support teachers for the 2021-22 school year.Each Wednesday we’ll round up five student activities that draw on highly visual and more accessible reporting across Times sections and that offer additional scaffolding that invites learners of all kinds to grapple with what might be…

The United States is one of the most unequal countries in the developed world. People who aren’t wealthy have less chance of success and less chance for their children to succeed. When you talk about fixing these things, though, people freak out. Taxing the rich? Helping the poor? To many Americans, that smells like socialism.…

WinnerLianna Paglia, 16, from Natick High School in Natick, Mass., chose an article headlined “Used Clothes Ban May Crimp Kenyan Style. It May Also Lift Local Design.” and wrote:Almost all of the clothes hanging in my closet are thrifted. This makes sense, seeing as I virtually only shop secondhand, a habit I’ve adopted over the…

Every year since 2010, The Learning Network has invited teenagers around the world to add The New York Times to their summer reading lists. So far, more than 70,000 have done so.If you are looking for ways to offer students more “voice and choice,” we hope our open-ended contest can help. Every week, we ask…

Welcome to Week Two of our 11th Annual Summer Reading Contest.This contest is open to students 13-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on June 26 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older and live…

Welcome to the seventh week of our 11th Annual Summer Reading Contest!This contest is open to students 13-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on July 31 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older and…

Our 11th Annual Summer Reading Contest enters its eighth week!This contest is open to students 13-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on Aug. 7 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older and live in…