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Growing Up in a World of Anxiety

College Galleries Get Creative to Showcase Student Work

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The 50 Best Historical and Educational Films Streaming Now

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Profile

Helping Students Close a Chapter When So Much Has Been Lost

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Extra Credit

The Coolest Educational TikTok Accounts and Hashtags

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eight people sit at a round table strewn with paper as the woman at the center of the image speaks and the others listen

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Opinion

The Struggle Is Real for Veterans in Higher Education

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Interview

AP Teacher Q&A: Jenifer Hitchcock, AP Government and Politics

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Montserrat Patino

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the cover of the book pencils you should know on a lavendar background surrounded by pencils in different colors

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Interview

Sharpening Our Pencil History, From Yellow to No. 2

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cover of the book coders by clive thompson featuring a yellow book jacket with the title in red at the top and a stylized green and white pixelation of earth at the bottom

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Interview

Decoding America’s Operating System

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From the Archive

Teaching With Television—In 1961

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Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti standing on a baseball field in a light suit and striped tie

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From the Archive

A Conversation with Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti

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a collage of the american flag, declaration of independence, and constitution

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From the Archive

Civic Participation: We Need It Everywhere, More Than Ever

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