Via writing prompts, contests, daily lesson plans and other activities for students, The Learning Network brings current events and issues into the classroom, gives students a voice while strengthening their literacy skills, and promotes critical and creative thinking through multimedia.

Connect the classroom to the world

School should be engaging, relevant and meaningful for students. One of our primary missions at The Learning Network is to help teachers bring current events and issues into the classroom to help students see why and how they matter in their own real lives.

Promote critical and creative thinking through multimedia

The Times is much more than just written articles, and we take full advantage of the paper’s growing multimedia offerings, from images to video to graphics to podcasts.

Give students a voice — and strengthen literacy skills along the way

Chances for students to engage with current events critically and creatively are woven into everything we do on The Learning Network. Via our daily writing prompts and our monthly contests, we encourage students to express their opinions and practice their creative writing.