WHAT THEY DID:

The Learning Network helps teenagers access, learn from and react to New York Times coverage. It offered a collection of resources for teachers of teenagers after the first attack and a writing prompt asking for young people’s reactions to the Israel-Hamas war. Soon, the network evoked a rare warning for adults to please refrain from participating in the latter.  They use the warning 2-3 times a year, "whenever we’re adding hot-button questions that attract adults to our site." As the fighting intensified, they asked teachers to tell how they were covering the issue in class. 

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WHAT THEY SAID

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"The hard part isn't asking the questions; the hard part is moderating the comments. We abide by NYT standards, and we let kids know that, but often — especially with issues like Israel-Hamas or Russia-Ukraine, when much of our teen audience is American — they may not have the depth of background to support a detailed opinion, and that's why we try to emphasize that they ask questions, tell us what they're 'wondering and noticing,' etc. But that said, we rarely have to moderate out teen responses. They are largely very thoughtful and respectful on our site."

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— Katherine Schulten

Editor

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Since 1998, The New York Times has given The Learning Network resources

and content creation opportunities

to teachers and students.

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