How Alison is helping to educate the children of migrants in the UAE
As part of his role as Alison CEO, Mike Feerick travels around the world promoting Alison’s goal of free universal education and encouraging projects, big and small, that share Alison’s ethos. While the majority of our 21 million Learners engage with Alison independently as they empower themselves through self-learning, many organisations around the world use…
Live Webinar: Teaching Vocabulary With The New York Times
Register for the live webinar on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 4 p.m. Eastern.Join Learning Network editors and Rebekah O’Dell, an English teacher, to discuss how The Times can be a rich resource for teaching vocabulary. For over a decade, we have featured a Word of the Day that showcases how vocabulary is used in The…
Live Webinar: Teaching With Our Mentor Texts
Register for the live webinar on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. Eastern.Learning Network mentor texts aim to demystify the writing process through examples that students can learn from and emulate. We spotlight journalism from across sections of The New York Times to show students real-world narrative, argumentative and informational writing, then we break down…
Thank You to the Teachers – 5 Free Courses for Educators Everywhere
During these unprecedented times, teachers have been given the enormous responsibility of keeping students inspired and motivated. Now, more than ever, teachers have had to dig deep to fulfil their uniquely important role in society. From managing health and safety in the classroom to motivating students to learn from behind a screen, teachers have been…
Live Webinar: Teaching With Learning Network Contests
Register for the live webinar on July 29.This webinar will introduce educators to the nine contests, as well as additional monthly and weekly challenges, that The Learning Network will be running during the 2021-22 school year. Through writing, photography, podcast production and more, these contests give students an opportunity to exercise voice and choice and…
Teaching About the Tulsa Race Massacre With The New York Times
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed”One hundred years ago, a white mob in Tulsa, Okla., attacked and destroyed Greenwood, a neighborhood that had been one of the most prosperous Black communities in the country.…
Teaching With ‘Letters to the Editor’
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Column: “Letters to the Editor”Readers have been writing letters to The New York Times since the newspaper was founded in 1851. When Adolph S. Ochs purchased the paper in 1896, one of his aims, he…
Teaching With ‘The Daily’
2. What do you think is the purpose of this podcast? Who might be its audience?3. What do you notice about Mr. Barbaro’s interviews? How does he both guide conversations and allow his subjects to share their thoughts freely? What makes his style effective or appealing?4. What types of questions does Mr. Barbaro ask? Which…
Teaching and Learning With the Coming of Age Project
One of the resources we published last fall offered students three tips for making meaningful and engaging personal pieces — in writing, video, photography, painting, podcasting, cartooning or any other format. Now that the contest is over, if you match the work the judges chose with the tips, below, you can see that most pieces…
Teaching With the ‘My Ten’ Column
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Column: “My Ten”We’re trying something new: occasional lesson plans that feature a fun New York Times column that we invite students to read closely and emulate. First up: “My Ten.” In this monthly feature for…
