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What Is the Code You Live By? How do you sum up in just a few words your philosophy about life, how you treat others and what you value?   Credit...Damon Winter/The New York Times April 12, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET If you had to sum up the code you live by in just a few words, what would you say? Kristy McCray of Columbus, Ohio, writes about the value of getting to know people in order to treat them the way they wish to be treated: Many people live by the Golden Rule (treat others as you wish to b...

Do You Think You Make Good Climate Choices? Do you consider the climate impact of the food you eat, the things you buy, the appliances you use and the way you travel? Credit...Ka Young Lee April 8, 2021 This Student Opinion prompt will help prepare students to participate in our live panel discussion about climate change, on April 22 at 1 p.m. Eastern. Learn more . Do you consider the climate impact of the food you eat, the things you buy, the appliances you use and the way you travel? Do you ...

March Madness Credit...Alex Eben Meyer March 17, 2021 Will you be watching the N.C.A.A. Division I men’s basketball tournament that begins this week? Do you think the N.C.A.A. can pull it off without a public health crisis? Do you think the tournament should happen at all this year? Here is a little context about what is at stake: The decision to pull 68 teams from across the country into a tournament in Indiana will have enormous repercussions for college sports. A successful men’s tournam...

SOM Detroit Service Learning Academy Celebrates Learn & Serve Challenge Kick Off Contact: Chawn Greene-Farmer Detroit, Michigan - Today, Michigan Community Service Commission Executive Director, Paula Kaiser VanDam, was on hand to recognize the 3 rd Annual 2009 National Learn & Serve Challenge at Detroits Service Learning Academy (DLSA).  VanDam will join 250 students in a kick off celebration at the DLSA at 3:00 p.m.  During the celebration, she will present a proclamation from Governor Jenn...

NYT publishes Mira Costa students political themed pandemic Legos SHARE by Kevin Cody In anticipation of the one year anniversary of the pandemic, the New York Times posed the question on its Learning Network, “What has it been like to be a teenager during the first year of a historic pandemic?”  The newspaper received over 5,500 responses. On March 7, one year from the day the World Health Organization declared the world was in a pandemic, the Times published a dozen of the responses. A...

A child benefit plan in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill would give monthly checks to families with children. Do you think this plan should become permanent?

Teens on a Year That Changed Everything In words, images and video, teens across the United States show us how they have met lifes challenges in the midst of a pandemic. March 7, 2021 What has it been like to be a teenager during the first year of a historic pandemic? The New York Times, through its Learning Network, asked the question, and more than 5,500 responses poured in. In words and images, audio and video, they reported that it was, in many ways, a generation-defining disaster. Being tr...

What Volunteer Work Would You Most Like to Do? Many teenagers have to meet school service requirements, but the pandemic has made doing so more difficult. What will you choose? Amanda Cui was part of a door-knocking campaign in Queens that focused on tenants’ rights.Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times March 5, 2021 Have you found a way to volunteer this past year, even in the midst of a global pandemic? If so, what did you do, and how did you find your job? Have you enjoyed it? If...

What ‘Old’ Technology Do You Think Is Cool? Why do you think there is so much interest in obsolete technologies like Polaroid instant cameras, record players, Atari game systems or VHS tapes? Credit...Ellen Weinstein Feb. 22, 2021 Do you think “old” technology is cool? Do you appreciate vinyl records, for example, or Polaroid cameras? Eight-track tapes or printed newspapers? What do you find appealing about these items that our modern world has already made — or may s...

What Students Are Saying About Race and Racism in America We invited teenagers to join a moderated discussion about racial equity and justice. Here is a summary of the 2,000-plus thoughtful, passionate comments. Note: We have for teaching with this collection of student comments. This past fall, we held a Civil Conversation Challenge for students, inviting young people to engage in respectful, productive discussions about some of the most divisive issues of the 2020 presidential election. In ...