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  Teaching these August Wilson plays transformed my classroom

  chalkbeat.org - Tom Deignan

  I was trying — and failing — to teach literature to teens. Then I discovered ‘The Piano Lesson’ and ‘Fences.’ I’d only been a high school teacher for …

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  I am my parents’ American Dream. That comes with opportunities and burdens.

  chalkbeat.org - Ocean Lin

  My grandparents raised me as a ‘satellite baby’ in China. When I returned to NYC at age 5, I got to know my parents for the first time. The night I …

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  I offer free online therapy to teens. Here’s what I’m seeing — and why it matters.

  chalkbeat.org - Erin Mack

  My Gen Z clients are digital natives who communicate effortlessly over text. Before the pandemic, the idea of communicating with a therapist via text …

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  I grew up visiting my mom in prison. Here’s what schools should know about students like me.

  chalkbeat.org - Anna Tovchigrechko

  One in 14 U.S. kids has had an incarcerated parent, but the experience can be surprisingly lonely. One in 14 children and young teens in the United …

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  NYC schools chancellor: My mom pulled me out of the school system I now lead

  chalkbeat.org - Melissa Aviles-Ramos

  Aviles-Ramos wants to ensure no parent has to make the impossible choices her mother did. Long before I was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams to be …

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  What election issues matter most to young first-time voters? The economy, Gaza, book bans, and more

  chalkbeat.org - Caroline Bauman

  This story was published in collaboration with Headway, a new initiative at The New York Times. Chalkbeat and Headway have been posing questions about …