Tag: High school
5 ways to break into the video game industry
André Thomas, Texas A&M University
When you break out the game console to play a video game like NBA2K,...
Pandemic has teens feeling worried, unmotivated and disconnected from school
Leah M. Lessard, University of Connecticut
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, many U.S. teens were more worried about the...
#MeToo on TikTok: Teens use viral trend to speak out about...
Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky
A recent TikTok video that has been liked by almost half a million...
Teens want COVID-19 advice that gives them safe ways to socialize...
Tammy Chang, University of Michigan and Matthew Dunn, University of Michigan
America’s teens and young adults have a crucial role in containing the spread of...
5 ways the COVID-19 pandemic could affect your college application
Whitney Soule, Bowdoin College
The coronavirus pandemic has intensified college application anxiety. I make this observation as an admissions dean who, as of late, has...
Trump’s big bet on career and technical education
Shaun M. Dougherty, Vanderbilt University
President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history.
As...
Teaching kids how to make guitars can get them hooked on...
Mark French, Purdue University
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The Big Idea:
I’m part of a team of professors and high...
Like ‘Little Women,’ books by Zitkála-Šá and Taha Hussein are classics
Sheila Cordner, Boston University
I’m a scholar of literature who spends a lot of time thinking about why certain stories continue to be revisited, and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
