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Christian Niedan

Christian Niedan is a writer for The Elective, the College Board's education magazine

18 Articles

Overhead photograph of people moving around the main lobby of the metropolitan museum of art
  • 17 Min Read

Interview

School Days Influences: Meet the Curators Behind the Met

  • 17 Min Read

a young woman wearing headphones sits in front of a laptop as she codes a video game
  • 10 Min Read

Interview

School Days Influences: Decoding the World of Video Game Designers

  • 10 Min Read

a young woman college student sits in the bed of a red pickup truck doing homework
  • 4 Min Read

News

Bridging One of the Widest Gaps in the Digital Divide

  • 4 Min Read

An out of focus image of an empty classroom
  • 4 Min Read

News

Districts Begin Forming Plans to Reopen Schools

  • 4 Min Read

New Yorker cartoon editor Emma Allen smiles while listening to a person she's interviewing onstage
  • 4 Min Read

Interview

New Yorker Cartoon Editor Emma Allen’s School Days Influences

  • 4 Min Read

cartoon people painting white over printed text
  • 15 Min Read

Interview

School Days Influences: Inside the World of New Yorker Cartoonists

  • 15 Min Read

A young woman wearing blue headphones smiles as she listens to a podcast
  • 6 Min Read

Extra Credit

Ten Great, Enjoyable, and Educational Podcasts

  • 6 Min Read

screenshot of a virtual art gallery showing a shadow of a person looking at a painting
  • 4 Min Read

News

College Galleries Get Creative to Showcase Student Work

  • 4 Min Read

A young man sits at a voting booth during the 2020 presidential primary election
  • 5 Min Read

News

The Data Behind the Youth Vote

  • 5 Min Read

A row of college students wearing graduation regalia sit at a commencement ceremony, seen from behind
  • 3 Min Read

News

Coronavirus Concerns Lead to Virtual Commencements

  • 3 Min Read

a group of teenage young men and young women from the Evergreen Valley High School e sports team holding up signs promoting e sports
  • 6 Min Read

Interview

A Career Path Winds Through Esports

  • 6 Min Read

two male college e sports competitors pose standing back to back on a stage
  • 7 Min Read

Interview

The Esports Boom Means Scholarships for Gamers

  • 7 Min Read

a male e sports gamer wearing a black and maroon jersey wears a headset, has one hand on a computer mouse and another on his keyboard, and stares with focus at his computer monitor
  • 7 Min Read

Feature

The New Power-Up on Campus: Video Games

  • 7 Min Read

the top half of the front of a parked yellow school bus
  • 3 Min Read

News

Can Anyone Here Drive a Bus?

  • 3 Min Read

water running down a kitchen sink drain that is stuffed with 100 dollar bills
  • 3 Min Read

News

Good Schools, Bad Investments

  • 3 Min Read

a room full of empty school desks where a small table is attached to a colorful wood and metal chair
  • 3 Min Read

Extra Credit

Say Goodbye to the Classic School Desk

  • 3 Min Read

students in shop class working with a saw on a woodworking project
  • 4 Min Read

News

Shop Class Is Back—and Gen Z Students are Here For It

  • 4 Min Read

three young men chatting and laughing as they stand next to tractors parked on farmland
  • 3 Min Read

News

The Next Big STEM Career: Farming

  • 3 Min Read

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