What Teenagers Are Saying About Their Fall Rituals and Traditions
Students react to articles about how we honor and celebrate the changing of the seasons.
Do Technology Bans Work for Teenagers?
More schools and governments are turning to bans of cellphones and social media to try to keep kids off screens. Do you think they help?
What Teenagers Are Saying About Being ‘Cringe’
In response to an article about “climbing cringe mountain,” students discuss embarrassment, surveillance and finding the courage to be themselves.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Gaming
Students react to an article about whether the increasing amount of time boys spend playing video games is a problem.
Teenagers on How They Would Redesign School
Inspired by a school in the Bronx with a basketball-themed curriculum, we invited teenagers to imagine their own possibilities for what school could be like.
What Teenagers Are Saying About the Rising Cost of Youth Sports
Students react to an article about the transformation of youth athletics into a multibillion-dollar industry and share how it affects their participation.
What Teenagers Are Saying About Lowering the Voting Age to 16
Students react to news that Britain plans to enfranchise 16- and 17-year-olds.
Teenagers on How Covid Has Changed Them
I found ways to keep myself busy like binge-watching every TV show and movie, going on bike rides and baking, but spending most of my time on social media. I never felt dangerously bored or like I was going “insane” from not being able to go out, but still I made myself comfortable with living…
Teenagers on Their Hopes and Fears for a Second Trump Administration
One of the very few things I am fearful of is the safety of the returning president, as they have already attempted to take his life twice. Along with that, the safety of fellow Americans and supporters of the returning president is also a concern after the unfortunate murder of Corey Comperatore and the other…
What Teenagers Are Saying About the New Year
Happy New Year from The Learning Network!As 2024 ended and 2025 began, we invited teenagers in our writing prompts to reflect on the year that was and look forward to the one ahead. What resolutions and goals did they have for 2025? What good advice had they received that they’d like to apply to their…
