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Interview

Decolonizing the Curriculum

Indigenous Peoples Day Resources for Every Classroom

4 min read

The Reappearance of the Vanishing American

12 min read

Overhead photo of a male teenager looking at his phone while sitting at his home desk, cluttered with notebooks and a computer and a globe

5 Min Read

News

Nudges, Not Sales Pitches

5 Min Read

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

4 Min Read

Opinion

The Struggle Is Real for Veterans in Higher Education

4 Min Read

Interview

On the Frontlines of Closing the Digital Divide

6 Min Read

A photo from above of a group of black laptops, open and sitting on a carpeted floor

9 Min Read

Interview

America’s Students—and Its Economy—Need Reliable Internet Now

9 Min Read

larry irving motions while giving a speech

6 Min Read

Interview

Internet Hall-of-Famer Larry Irving on Closing the Digital Divide

6 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Foster Townsend

3 Min Read

Colorful illustration of people shopping in a grocery store, wearing face masks and carrying essential items like toilet paper and cleaning supplies

3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Manuel Guerrero Zdeinert

3 Min Read

Black and white self-portrait of the artist from the waist up, a young black woman, wearing a tank top with her arms folded and boxing gloves on her hands

3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Brianna McCoy

3 Min Read

someone holds a smartphone with a news app open

12 Min Read

Interview

Fake News Is Real! (And What to Do About It)

12 Min Read

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

14 Min Read

Interview

Decoding America’s Operating System

14 Min Read

From the Archive

Beyond Computer Literacy: Defining Levels of Skill in the Use of Computers

6 Min Read

two hands hold a piece of paper up to the vietnam veterans memorial to make an etching of a name on the wall

17 Min Read

From the Archive

Teaching the Vietnam Era: A Course in History and Literature

17 Min Read

three people, from left, a woman and two men, raise their hands as they take the oath of citizenship

16 Min Read

From the Archive

Wired World: On Education, the Internet, and the New Immigrants

16 Min Read