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172 Articles

Office desk with computer, phone, and files on beach

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In Our Feeds

Grand Theft Auto, Orchestral Interludes, and Zooming Out

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Illustration of a female figure with six faces, arms clasped across her chest, as a plate with a fish sits in front of her

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Oliver Benbow

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Illustration resembling stained glass depicting two young women harvesting stars

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Jasmine Harrick

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pencil in the shape of a rocket blasting off with the number 1 in 2021 on the pencil

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In Our Feeds

25 Things That Made Us Smarter in 2021

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Abstract paining of flowers in a vase

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist John Benitez

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Painting in amber and black of a young man looking to the left

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Jennifer Turner

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oregon trail screenshot

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In Our Feeds

Oregon Trailblazers, International Jetsetters, and Graceful Agers

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Photo of a woman, seen from behind, wearing a blue costume while standing on a parched ground at sunset

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Noah Chin

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Black and illustration of a woman seen from the bottom of her eyes to her mid-chest, set into a gray laptop screen against a background of lilac clocks and calendars

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Mya Shekitka

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Performer dressed as Mickey Mouse stands on a parade float at Disney World

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In Our Feeds

Disney’s Worlds, Laugh’s Anti-Riots, and Marie Antoinette’s Versailles

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Abstract painting in dark greens, reds, and muted colors depicting two people in weird monstrous forms

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Sophia Jortner

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Cartoon of cakes on a conveyer belt

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In Our Feeds

Time Tunnels, Robo-cakes, and Potty Talk

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A suit of silver armor lit from below against a white wall

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Lucy MacDougall

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Prince raising his arms during a performance in the rain

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In Our Feeds

Spooky Songs, Data Death, and Maximal Microchips

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Illustration of three women together at the center of a body of water

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Amy Zhu

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Shelf of vinyl records and a record player

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In Our Feeds

Analog Work, Deepcut Bond, and Leafblower Blowback

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Illustration of faceless people interacting against a background of green and white dots

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Biplove Baral

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Photo of state fair food stands advertising deep fried cheese products

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In Our Feeds

State Fairs, Slackageddon, and Student Journalists

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Painting of a rainy New York City street scene

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Enola Alvord

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Satellite image of ever given ship stuck in the Suez Canal

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In Our Feeds

Wildfire Smokejumpers, Supply-Chain Omnishambles, and National Guard Drivers

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Full body Self-portrait photograph of a young black man in a coat against a black background

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Andrew Harris

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Abstract colorful nebula

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In Our Feeds

Big Data, Giant Planets, and Huge Shoes to Fill

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Nighttime photo of a supermarket and taco stand store front with a mural of the Virgin Mary on the left

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Ashley Gallegos

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Pile of floppy disks in various colors

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In Our Feeds

Fame, Fortune, and Files

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Detail of digital illustration depicting two men standing on a subway platform in a futuristic setting

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Alec Barker

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Lab technician holding Coffee cell cultures (right) and roasted coffee (left) in glass containers

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In Our Feeds

Test-Tube Coffee, Green-Eyed Clickbait, and Acid-Trip Animators

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Detail of a black and white illustration of a young woman sitting in a barber chair with the barber standing behind her, both wearing face masks and reflected in a mirror

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Alison Wan

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Matrix rain of Japanese Katakana green characters on a black background

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In Our Feeds

Pandemic Parenting, Green Steel, and Subtracting Sexism

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Detail of a collage depicting a bedroom in disarray with a floating distorted face in the center-right of the image

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Aidan Sung

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New York City skyline at night, with two beams of blue light emanating from the right of the frame

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In Our Feeds

Party Animals, Digital Libraries, and Memorializing 9/11

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Photo of an abstract cardboard structure, resembling a box exploding in all directions

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Tony Liu

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Pattern of mouse cursors with the word click rendered in different colors

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In Our Feeds

Mindhacks, Crackdowns, and Clickstreams

  • 9 Min Read
Black and white photo of a grinning A. Bartlett Giamatti seen from the neck up

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From the Archive

A Talk with A. Bartlett Giamatti

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Red container with a thin neck and large body covered in spiny objects

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Julie Trohan

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Desert scene from the film Dune

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In Our Feeds

Dune’s Deserts, The Chair’s Faculty, and the Ed Beat’s Journos

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Three illustrations, at left, student in graduation regalia handed a diploma and loan bill; in the center, two students in regalia, one holds a sign reading debt free now and the other wears a sign reading just merged; at right a student running from a debt bill

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From the Archive

Federal Student Loan Plans: The Dangers Are Real

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Sculpture of an Art Deco dining room

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Matthew Friedman

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Young Black woman smiling as the sun forms a bright corona behind her

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In Our Feeds

Decoding Macbeth, Celebrating Obituaries, and Opting In to Optimism

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Black and white photo of a smiling male college student sitting in front of an open laptop

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From the Archive

No Longer a Novelty, Online Learning Comes of Age

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Photo of a papier-mâché head of lurch from the Addams family

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Abigail Jones

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Bag of rice in the form of a newborn in a blanket, on the right; a red wrapped blanked in the middle background, and a box of cooked rice on the left

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In Our Feeds

American Hermits, Conflict Resolution, and Long Grain Ingenuity

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Photo of a five-piece tea set in black, white, and gray

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Lucas Koranda

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Artist rendering of a pulsar

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In Our Feeds

Hidden Figures, Detecting Distraction, and Pandemic Preservation

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two images, side by side, showing a sculpture in the shape of california covered in wax and lit candles

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Jungwon Hwang

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Hand of a chef taking photograph of tacos on table with a mobile phone. Hands of cook photographing Mexican food

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In Our Feeds

Taco Talk, Media Meltdowns, and Flagrant Flops

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Garish pairing in red, blue, black, and white of two hands holding open a mouth full of teeth with braces

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Bella Galo

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Couple pulled off to side of rural road watching sunset over desert river gorge woman taking photo with smartphone from convertible off road vehicle

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In Our Feeds

Ted Lasso, America’s Promise, and Roads Traveled

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A mixed-media sculpture sitting in the corner and attached to the two walls, on the left, and a sketch of the work on the right

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Zonelys Martinez

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Seamless pattern of slices of watermelon filling the frame

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In Our Feeds

TikTok Tangles, Melon Mania, and Slow Speeds

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Full frame of high angle view of circuit board.

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In Our Feeds

Celebrating Perseverance, Reinventing Microchips, and Investigating Sneezes

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Drawing of a monarch butterfly on the right interacting with a caterpillar on the left, both on a big leaf

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist John Ruggiero

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US ice hockey team celebrating defeating the USSR in the 1980 winter Olympics

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In Our Feeds

Celebrating Sports, Lamenting Meetings, and Mourning Bowling Balls

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Collage of images -- books, sneakers, skateboards, pens and pencils and paintbrushes -- surrounding the head of a young woman, smiling gently with a heart over her face

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Gracie Baker

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Black and white photo of two men, seen from behind, walking down a dusty road carrying bags and wearing cowboy hats, with a billboard to the right reading "next time try the train relax"

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In Our Feeds

Critical Curricula, Boss Talks, and Buried National Treasure

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Image of graffiti splattered against a brick wall

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Chris Chavez

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Maze in the shape of a brain

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In Our Feeds

Homeschooling Boom, Brain Games, and Rebooting 230

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Out-of-focus portrait of a young woman

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Eleanor Wardlaw

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Two young women, both wearing face masks, hold a pizza in front of a red pizza vending machine

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In Our Feeds

Clubhouse Crashers, Pizzabots, and Family Dynasties

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A grid of five black and white rectangular smudge drawings, set vertically left to right, with a long row of similar drawings running atop it

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Gina Partridge

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Private garage interior, very untidy. A workbench is drowned under a wild mix of tools, cans, boxes and what not. Nowhere to stand, let alone move.

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In Our Feeds

Debating Debate, Monumental Overhauls, and Our Stuff, Ourselves

  • 8 Min Read
Blue electric vehicle charger plugged into the front of a silver electric car

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In Our Feeds

Recharging EVs, Repairing Tractors, and Remembering Carle

  • 9 Min Read
Emoji badges on blue background

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In Our Feeds

Emoji Boss, IRL Bubbles, and Audiophile Elegy

  • 9 Min Read
Series of green, white, blue, and black arcs made into an optical illusion to create the sensation that the image is swirling

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In Our Feeds

Phone Homes, Data Illusions, and Digital Canyons

  • 8 Min Read
Illustration of a young woman in a ramen bowl surrounded by images of travel and other whimsical things

  • 2 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Xiaomin Ou

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Illustration of a fox jumping over a fence

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In Our Feeds

ESports Exclusion, Active Resistance to Passive Voice, and Belgian Border Battle

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a group of students seated at desks and clapping

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Fan Mail

Teacher Appreciation Day: Guitar Hero Edition

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Black and white drawing of a man and a woman, the man sitting and the woman standing, with a dog at their feet

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Hunter Ruiz

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View of Earth rising over the Moon's horizon taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft

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In Our Feeds

Bordeaux Blasts Off, Ocean Hot Dogs, and Supreme Student Speech

  • 7 Min Read
Two black and white photos, side by side, the one on the left of a young man sitting on a train track with his back to the camera, the one on the right a person standing on a white arrow printed on the street

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Alejandro Rivero

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Upside down ice cream cone melting down a sidewalk

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In Our Feeds

Dolly Parton Book Club, Hacking Soft Serve, and Hashtag YOLO

  • 8 Min Read
photo of a young woman in a dress made from orange, gray, and pink fabrics with a keyboard-like band across the shoulders

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Wen Li (Riven)

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Illustration of a young man, from the shoulders up, eyes closed and smirking, holding his hands up as a rainbow runs from one hand to the other with the words OK BOOMER placed over the rainbow

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In Our Feeds

Pandemic Lessons, Generation Gaps, and Wordplay

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Photo of a rock sculpture with a hole cut out of the middle

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Jabin Sanchez

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Illustration of the mars helicopter ingenuity flying in a very red martian atmosphere while the mars rover perseverance sits parked in the background

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Interview

Mars-copters, Author Prophets, and Free Speech Zones

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Mock magazine cover with the title Beauty and an image of a woman in black and white with a covering over her face, which is held by her hands, and a block highlighting an eye and another her mouth

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Endryval Camba

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A depiction of sound waves shown in pinks, purples, and blues

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In Our Feeds

Mod Squads, Hacking DNA, and Sounds of Sounds

  • 8 Min Read
photograph of a metal sculpture in the shape of a pyramid

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Anthony Palombit

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Thousands of dominos organized in a multi-colored spiral

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In Our Feeds

NFT WTF, Dominos Queen, and #MemeFail

  • 9 Min Read
Illustration of a woman in a white dress and shoes, seen from below the calf, walking away while carrying purple and orange shopping bags

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Audrey Paransky

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An empty movie theater marquee sign with Cinema 6 above it standing in an empty field

  • 8 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Pandemic Idioms, Filter Bubbles, and Walk-and-Talks

  • 8 Min Read
Black and white pencil drawing of a mass of figures and animals

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Erhan Bao

  • 3 Min Read
Screenshot from an episode of The Simpsons showing Homer working alongside a robot in the nuclear power plant

  • 8 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Deepfake Homers, Email Epocalypse, and Fukushima Photos

  • 8 Min Read
Photo illustration of a house on the left against a peach background and a photo of the tops of trees on the right with the tip of a roof poking down from the top of the image

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Emma Davies

  • 2 Min Read
Color illustration of an architectural project

  • 7 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Hip-Hop Architecture, Algorithm Overload, and Qapla’

  • 7 Min Read
Black and white photo of a white female high school student working at a computer

  • 12 Min Read

From the Archive

The Gender Gap in AP Computer Science: 1984-1996

  • 12 Min Read
Grid of four square paintings, two by two, in various colors: white, blue, red, pink

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist WeiHang (Jacky) Li

  • 3 Min Read
Screenshot of a red and white parachute deployed, seen from below

  • 6 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Space is the Place, Anti-Social Media, and Ode to a Beat

  • 6 Min Read
Black and white headshot of a smiling Oliver Brown

  • 10 Min Read

From the Archive

Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty: A Personal Perspective

  • 10 Min Read
Cartoony illustration with the words Wake Up in bold letter letters at the center, above an alarm clock against a montage of scenes from life, like rising from bed and marching in protest

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Autumn English

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Illustration from the 1970s in pink and white and red promoting Soul City by showing an outdoor market on the left, men golfing in the center, and an indoor shopping mall on the right

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In Our Feeds

Retraining America, Humanitarian Aid, and Utopian Dreams

  • 8 Min Read
Black and white photo of a male college student with his hand against his mouth and chin, looking pensively at a computer screen

  • 9 Min Read

From the Archive

Assessment's Next Wave: The Computerized Placement Tests

  • 9 Min Read
Abstract image of a white plume, on the left, with a yellow and red shard of light beaming down and to the right, all against a background of light and dark blue

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Taylor Moorman

  • 3 Min Read
A set of bowling pins seen from behind as a bowling ball knocks them down

  • 7 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Dollars for Bowling, “Crowd” Roars, and Calc Hack

  • 7 Min Read
A column, tilted to the right, with the words higher education affordability written above it

  • 12 Min Read

From the Archive

Will It be the Health-Care Issue of the 21st Century?

  • 12 Min Read
Image of a young woman's face at the center of a square, the imaged bordered by three square frames in yellow, green, and purple, with a swirl of colors filling out the square

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Abigail Cutler

  • 3 Min Read
Cover of the first edition of Madden Football

  • 7 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Madden Memories, Chicken Fried Debate, and Alternate Realities

  • 7 Min Read
Illustration of a trash can with a diploma and graduation cap coming out of it

  • 11 Min Read

From the Archive

The Public Perception of Education

  • 11 Min Read
Painting of a black girl in a yellow sweater with her eyes covered by a pair of hands coming up from behind her

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Annie Xia

  • 3 Min Read
Color photo of professional baseball player Henry Aaron in the middle of swinging his bat in an empty stadium

  • 7 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Hammerin’ Hank, the Zuck Court, and Beethoven’s Ear

  • 7 Min Read
A pantsuit made out of color strips of beach balls

  • 2 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Amanda Roessler

  • 2 Min Read
Black and white photo of Shirley Chisholm smiling as she stands at a podium

  • 6 Min Read

In Our Feeds

Campus Care Crisis, Shirley’s Enduring Wisdom, and Loving Libraries

  • 6 Min Read
Painting of a human figure with its face cut out of its head, with a red crescent moon and red star printed over the figure

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Prince Abrahams

  • 3 Min Read
Detail of the cover of the novel The Great Gatsby showing a set of female eyes against a blue background

  • 6 Min Read

In Our Feeds

First Veep of Color, the Supreme Taylor Swift, and Gatsby Beats On

  • 6 Min Read
Photograph of a young woman, seen in profile and lit from below, with her reflection seen on the surface below her face

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Kayla Lunde

  • 3 Min Read
Drawing of an iceberg seen from the side, showing a piece above water and a larger chunk below water, with a young woman falling into the water on the left

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Katherine Westcott

  • 3 Min Read
Pencil illustrated to look like a rocket ship blasting off into a cloudy blue sky with 2020 written across the pencil

  • 16 Min Read

In Our Feeds

The 25 Things That Made Us Smarter in 2020

  • 16 Min Read
painting of a young woman in a gray shirt and yellow overalls with a blue and white striped piece of fabric over her head

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Jenifer Le

  • 3 Min Read
An abstract photo self-portrait of a young woman's face peeking out from below pink water

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Natalie Beier

  • 3 Min Read
Digital artwork depicting a person walking on a green plain as their footsteps reveal a gray urban landscape beneath the grass

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Lucia Li

  • 3 Min Read
A miniature reproduction of a blue United States postal service mailbox

  • 3 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
Color illustration of an anthropomorphic cactus driving a low-ride motorcycle in the desert

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Nathan Celaya

  • 3 Min Read
two hands pointing at two old computer terminals set against a blue-purple background

  • 6 Min Read

From the Archive

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

  • 6 Min Read
Illustration of a black man with hair sculpted into 8 points, like a crown, against a gold background

  • 4 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Larry Fullwood, Jr.

  • 4 Min Read
Illustration of a young black man against a background of words and slogans

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Claire Cochran

  • 3 Min Read
Digital illustration of a cluttered room with a young man seated at a desk, his hand hanging in thought, in the background

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Taylor Jackson

  • 3 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
Large paneled art work, in red, green, and blue depicting abstract scenes of protest and city experience

  • 4 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Orlys Gonzalez

  • 4 Min Read
Photo montage of a young woman in a head covering with her finger over her mouth, with the image stitched onto a background of faded american flags

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Malak Salem

  • 3 Min Read
Painting of a woman in renaissance clothing wearing a face mask and holding a container of Clorox wipes

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Alexander Vance

  • 3 Min Read
Painting of a young woman in front of a young man who are both infant of an american flag. The young woman has a speech bubble with the Peruvian flag, while the young man has a speech bubble with the El Salvador flag

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Andrea Campos

  • 3 Min Read
black and white photo of donald stewart, in glasses and a suit, talking to a group from a lectern with a college board logo on the front of it

  • 15 Min Read

From the Archive

Leadership in a Democratic Society

  • 15 Min Read
black and white photograph of a burned house and landscape with a damaged child-size car in the center of the frame

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Blake Sabbagh

  • 3 Min Read
Photo of five fake road signs against a black background with messages aimed at Mexicans and Mexican Americans, like Pocho and Must Be This Mexican to Enter

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Nicholas Martinez

  • 3 Min Read
illustration of a woman wearing a facemask and pulling on a surgical glove in front of a chinese restaurant and behind a mask with the word closed written on it

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Michelle Qiu

  • 3 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
photograph of a young woman in blue with dark stipes and a red box layered over her face

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Aiden Seeley

  • 3 Min Read
portrait of a young black man in orange and blue with close-cropped hair, white eyes, and a baggy shirt against a red and purple wall

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Keon Ball

  • 3 Min Read
Illustration of a young white woman wearing a face mask against a backdrop of the planet earth

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Marian Seo

  • 3 Min Read
a drawing of a black hand holding a white hand

  • 3 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Avery Jacobson

  • 3 Min Read
grid of four black and white photographs of donald m stewart

  • 26 Min Read

From the Archive

An Interview with Donald M. Stewart

  • 26 Min Read
painting of a bedroom with a large window on the left letting in soft blue light and a bed with a nightstand on the right where a lamp gives off a warm yellow light

  • 1 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Emily Chu

  • 1 Min Read
homemade sign created by students in 1951 protesting wretched conditions at their school. the sign reads "hi we want a new school! strike"

  • 12 Min Read

From the Archive

How a Band of High School Students Influenced Desegregation

  • 12 Min Read
abstract painting of a female figure in blues, reds, and darker hues

  • 2 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Miriam Rice

  • 2 Min Read
abstract art in muted reds, browns, and whites

  • 1 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Milo Martinez

  • 1 Min Read
fractured portrait of a young African American woman

  • 2 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Bailey Hatcher

  • 2 Min Read
black and white art depicting a pair of hands knitting a netted dress

  • 1 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Teresa Wang

  • 1 Min Read
a photo of former new york governor mario cuomo on the set of meet the press

  • 8 Min Read

From the Archive

Why Writing Is Important: An Interview with Mario Cuomo

  • 8 Min Read
black and white photo of a classroom of students watching a lesson on a television

  • 8 Min Read

From the Archive

Teaching With Television—In 1961

  • 8 Min Read
art featuring 99 different hat designs

  • 1 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Montserrat Patino

  • 1 Min Read
3D art of a table with one leg replaced by a stack of cups and saucers

  • 1 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Kayla Vidal

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

  • 22 Min Read

From the Archive

A Conversation with Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti

  • 22 Min Read
illustration depicting large heads on a blue starred background

  • 2 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist SK Steen

  • 2 Min Read
a handwritten sign that reads thank you being held by a young woman

  • 2 Min Read

Fan Mail

Teacher Appreciation Day: Above and Beyond Edition

  • 2 Min Read
a silver acorn and oak leaf on a black background

  • 9 Min Read

From the Archive

The Advanced Placement Program: Reflections on Its Origins

  • 9 Min Read
painting of New York tenement buildings in red and yellow

  • 2 Min Read

AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Anastassiya Skripchenko

  • 2 Min Read
A line of seven trophies of varying shapes and sizes

  • 2 Min Read

Fan Mail

Teacher Appreciation Day: Everyone Deserves a Trophy Edition

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artwork in black and yellow featuring a young woman wearing a mask covering her nose and mouth with two band-aids on it in the form of an x

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Annette Hui

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black and white image of a soldier in vietnam

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From the Archive

Vietnam Veterans in Higher Education

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black and white photo of two native american men in street clothes looking at the camera

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From the Archive

The Reappearance of the Vanishing American

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a gold medal at the end of a red ribbon on a white background

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Fan Mail

Teacher Appreciation Day: GOATs and Gods Edition

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illustration of a robot like creature done in charcoal with red, blue and yellow paint over top it

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Caegan Jones

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portrait of alexander hamilton on a brown background

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From the Archive

Alexander Hamilton: Nontraditional Student

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section of art in a comic book style featuring a young man seated on a stool wearing a green wolf mask and orange t-shirt and blue jeans against a yellow background

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Jennifer Lee

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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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an artwork created in various shades and hues of green, with a cartoon girl standing on a heart-shaped seat at the center staring at a one-eyed tentacled bug-like creature while a frog-like creature stands behind her

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Sarah Karagoz

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a piece of art featuring two young african american women, looking at each other, drawn in a comic book style

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Gunnice Jones

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a piece of art featuring a young african american man without a shirt, on a pink background, his hair up in two buns on either side of his head, hair parted in the middle, with a halo of 11 redish combs behind his head

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Cameron Le Day

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A photograph taken at twilight of a solitary single-story beige shed with a slightly pitched roof and a large, closed garage door and two small windows on either side illuminated by a small lamp hanging above the door

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Gavin Moses

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a rectangular painting, with swipes of black, white, orange, and yellow paint, done in a futurist-inspired style

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist Noah Briata

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an illustration of a female human-plant hybrid character, with a red flower head and a greenish human body, studying a human bone while taking notes in a lab-like environment full of books, papers, bottles, and research equipment.

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AP Art of the Week

Spotlight on Artist YueTong Tsen

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a photo of a young woman holding her head and screaming in confusion

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Fan Mail

Fan Mail: What Is Love Edition

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an illustration of people walking into a school carrying bulky computers and walking out with a stack of books

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From the Archive

Computers: The New Kick in the Schools

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a black and white photo of ralph waldo emerson

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Fan Mail

Fan Mail: Curb Your Emerson Enthusiasm Edition

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a black and white photo of a male worker looking at and touch a roll of paper in a paper mill

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Fan Mail

Fan Mail: Grist for the Paper Mill Edition

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an illustration in blue and gold of two men from the 19th century standing atop the statue of liberty's torch

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From the Archive

Immigration and the Traditions of Liberty

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an illustration of a crouching college student looking angry and holding a sign that reads watts wrong

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From the Archive

What’s Really Behind Our Students’ Unrest?

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a couple dressed like they're from the 1950s pressing a button on a jukebox

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Fan Mail

Fan Mail: Jukebox Edition

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a close up on a plate of nachos covered in cheese

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Fan Mail

Fan Mail: There’s an AP for That Edition

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an elderly ukranian woman raises her right hand as she reads her "Oath Of Allegiance" during a naturalization ceremony in 2004

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From the Archive

Immigration: Education’s Story Past, Present, and Future

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a black and white photo rom 1986 of college professor Tom Tucker sitting at a computer and writing on a tablet with a stylus connected to the computer

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From the Archive

Teaching AP Calculus by Telephone and Computer

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