I am trained in close-reading strategies as an Advanced Placement and AVID strategies teacher. Many of the skills we will work through in this course will pull from my training. I have been teaching since 2014 in the states of Missouri and Colorado and have been on Outschool since early January 2020. 

Previous Year's Articles: 2023
Week 1 (July 10th - 14th): Montana Bans Tiktok
Week 2 (July 17th - 21st): Lab-Grown Meat and Ethical Eating
Week 3 (July 24th - 28th): Smartphone Addiction and Driving
Week 4 (July 31st - August 4th): Open-Minded vs. Close-Minded People
Week 5 (August 7th - 11th): Turning Bodies into Soil
Week 6 (August 14th - 18th): Do Teenagers Need Recess?
Week 7 (August 21st - 25th): Video Games (Pros and Cons)
Week 8 (August 28th - September 1st): Salt Water and Desalination
Week 9 (September 11th - 15th): Clean Energy (in the Near Future?)
Week 10 (September 18th - 22nd): Clean Energy (in the Near Future?) Continued
Week 11 (September 25th - 29th): Montana's Youth Win in Climate Court
Week 12 (October 2nd - 6th): Artificial Intelligence Struggles!
Week 13 (October 9th - 13th): Automobile Data Creates Big Payday
Week 14 (October 16th - 20th): Radioactive Materials and Human Rights
Week 15 (October 23rd - 27th): Asteroid Samples
Week 16 (October 30th - November 3rd): Transplant Surgery
Week 17 (November 6th - 10th): Forever Chemicals
Week 18 (November 13th - 17th): The Sniffles - Science Explains (Or Does It?)
Week 19 (November 20th - 24th): Painful Stingers (Current Insect Study)
Week 20 (November 27th - December 1st): Painful Stingers (Current Insect Study) and Child Labor (FRIDAY AT 4:30pmEST/1:30pmPST ONLY)
Week 21 (December 4th - 8th): Combating Fear
Week 22 (December 11th - 15th): Video Games - A High School Sport?
Week 23 (December 18th - 22nd): Animals Performing Human Safety Jobs
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