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“I’m not that embarrassed” one student said of his accent, “because it’s a flex to know multiple languages.”

Find all our Lessons of the Day here. Lesson Overview Featured Article: “Fed Up With Deaths, Native Americans Want to Run Their Own Health Care” The Indian Health Service, which provides government medical care to 2.2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, is widely judged to provide substandard care. Some tribes have tried models of…

Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Their Met Gala, Their Way. You’re Invited.” by Vanessa FriedmanThis year, the Met Gala, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fashion show, has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, a virtual fashion event, planned by teenagers, remains on the calendar. High Fashion Twitter,…

Have your parents ever lied to you?Let’s be real, all people — and parents are people after all — lie. But have they ever purposely lied to you to shield you from difficult news?If so, are you grateful that your parents acted to reassure and protect you? Or do you wish they had just been…

Do you use honorifics like Mr. or Ms. to address your neighbors, friends’ parents, doctors, bosses and the people who work at your school?

Find all our Lessons of the Day here. Lesson Overview Featured Article: “114,000 Students in N.Y.C. Are Homeless. These Two Let Us Into Their Lives.” The New York Times recently followed Darnell and Sandivel — two homeless students — for one day, from sunrise to sunset. In this lesson, you will try to imagine how…

Many stars have long accepted fan misbehavior, intense pressure and intrusions into their personal lives as the price of fame. Should they?

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…

After reading over 100 comments, we found out that Ms. Reed is not alone. Many students had a painful story to tell about being excluded, whether it was a memory from first grade or a slight that stung just last week. Below, their stories — of being left out, of doing the leaving out themselves,…

Do you ever get advice from people of different generations? If so, do you find the advice insightful or helpful? Do you ever find that it misses the mark? Last week former President Barack Obama spoke in Oakland, Calif., at a town hall for My Brother’s Keeper, an initiative to mentor young black men that…