Education (K-12)

June 27, 2020

School Reunions Might Be More Fun on Zoom

Full disclosure: I have never attended a school reunion. Nor am I likely, even during lockdown, to make that group journey down memory lane. The trip […]
April 29, 2020

Teachers and Students in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Teachers are the original gatherers. They’re in charge of bringing a group together and of thinking about how to create an experience for the whole, every […]
April 23, 2020

Class Is in Session Everywhere Now

This article is part of our latest Learning special report, which focuses on the challenges of online education during the coronavirus outbreak. Sometime in mid- to […]
April 17, 2020

All Dressed Up, With No Prom to Go To

A canceled date, another detention, an ill-timed zit: When you’re in high school, any number of problems can make it feel like the end of the […]
April 16, 2020

Art Recreation Is the Only Good Instagram Challenge

A woman with a roll of toilet paper around her neck. A man with lettuce on his head, bare-chested in a sheet, delicately holding a large […]
April 13, 2020

In Rural Japan, a 370-Year-Old Tradition Falls to One Child

SHITARA, Japan — More than three centuries of tradition rest on Mao Takeshita’s narrow shoulders. Mao is 6 years old and swaddled in a heavy kimono, […]
March 17, 2020

From Zoom University to the Zoom Party

On Sunday afternoon, Eleanor Dolan celebrated her 17th birthday in Minnesota with 20 of her closest friends. They listened to pop music and traded jokes. When […]
March 12, 2020

Where Westchester Teens Get Their Coronavirus News

“Westchester memes is how people know what’s going on,” Quinn Muller said. She’s 14 and lives in Sleepy Hollow, in Westchester County. She, and many of […]
December 7, 2019

My So-Karen Life

ImageCredit…Illustration by Saehan Park While everyone is complaining about boomers, Gen Z doesn’t want you to forget to complain about Generation X, the other generation that’s […]
October 31, 2019

Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture

ImageCredit…Anthony Freda 1. A few weeks ago, Neelam, a high school senior, was sitting in class at her Catholic school in Chicago. After her teacher left […]