Summer Reading Contest Week 1: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
Our 12th Annual Summer Reading Contest begins!This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on June 18 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older and live in the…
Film Club: ‘H.A.G.S. (Have a Good Summer)’
[PHONE RINGING] “Hello?” “Hello?” “Hello?” “Hello?” “Hello?” “Hello?” “Hello?” “Hello?” “Hello?” “Sean?” “What up?” “I was flipping through my eighth grade yearbook.” “Oh, dude, I was going through my yearbooks just a week ago. “And you wrote in my yearbook, ‘Keep in touch. Sean loves Way. Have a bitchin’ summer.’” “Oh my God, stop.” “Being…
Our 12th Annual Summer Reading Contest
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…
Is Summer School a Smart Way to Make Up for Learning Lost This School...
In “Summer School Is a Hot Idea Right Now. Could It Work?” Dana Goldstein and Kate Taylor write:The idea makes sense, so much so that at least two governors, a national union leader and President Biden are behind it: extend this school year into the summer to help students make up for some of the…
Unofficial End of Summer
Labor Day has come and gone. For many, school is back in session, albeit in an altered form. And the strange summer of 2020 has come to its unofficial close. How did you celebrate the holiday weekend? Were you able to see family and friends? Did you feel safe enough to take a trip somewhere?…
Reflections on Our Summer Reading Contest and Our Final Week of Winners
Annissa Hambouz, an educator and longtime contributor to The Learning Network who has judged this contest for many years, noted admirable qualities in this year’s participants: As writers, they often display a nuanced understanding of politics and global events and offer solid critical takes on the news and opinion pieces themselves. However, it is the…
Summer 2020 News Quiz
This was no ordinary summer. Normally, our Summer News Quiz is filled with stories like the Tony Awards or the N.B.A. finals. But, alas, Broadway remained dark, and there was no major team sports championship. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests dominated headlines from June through August, affecting almost all aspects of…
Summer Reading Week 9: ‘On Used Clothes Ban May Crimp Kenyan Style. It May...
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…
Summer Reading Contest Winner, Week 8: On ‘Why America Needs a Royal Family’
The royal family’s private life often intersects with their royal duties. Similarly in America, the extracurricular activities of politicians often overlap with their political affairs as well. Seeing this, writer Jennifer Weiner asserts that America needs its own “royal family,” separately-elected representatives who can perform ceremonial tasks while representing America’s overall values. Ms. Weiner juxtaposes…
Summer Reading Contest Week 10: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
Students, we want to hear about your experiences with the Summer Reading Contest. Tell us what you’ve learned by filling out this form.Welcome to Week 10, the final 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.…
