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 you haven’t volunteered this past year, perhaps you’ve done this kind of work before. If so, what has been your favorite volunteer job? Why?
2020 South Sudan Multi-Sector Needs Assessment: Area of Knowledge-Neighbourhoods, Executive Summary (December 2020) - South Sudan
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What âOldâ 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?
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Feb. 22, 2021
Do you think âoldâ 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 â or may still make â obsolete?
For a glimpse of what teenagers are into these days, all you have to do is visit Abbot Kinney Boulevard in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles. On weekend nights, the half-mile shopping drag is packed with style-conscious kids who traipse past coffee shops, ice cream parlors and boutiques, often while taking selfies.
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 a series of online forums hosted by The Learning Network, they reflected on their experiences of the coronavirus pandemic and debated education, voting and other issues they cared about. Across forums, they told us that “2020 has been a wake-up call.”