Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z What Happens When We Turn to Smartphones to Escape Our Kids? I'm hopeful that the next generation of children, after watching us be fools for our devices, may decide it's not worth it. Jenny Radesky
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z Are Elite Institutions Teaching Students the Wrong Values? There's a clear need to rethink what "impact" means, given the concept's distorting effect on students' priorities and ethics. Vida Mia Garcia & Anne Newman
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z How Gen Z Presents a Challenge to Traditional Arts Organizations Social institutions that nourish the arts need to offer young people aesthetic experiences that reflect their lived experiences. Mary Ittelson
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z Blending, Nesting, and Multitasking: How Gen Z’ers Use the Library Libraries have changed from a silent space to a community hub that hosts all kinds of activities. Emily Winter
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z How We Can Teach Gen Z a Better Kind of Media Literacy Young people's ability to navigate the Internet can be summed up in one word: bleak. Sam Wineburg
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z How to Make College More Relevant for Gen Z With a nimbler approach to the curriculum, we can help this generation develop their ideals into real-world solutions. John Mitchell & Mariko Silver
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z The Future Is Non-Binary, and Teens Are Leading the Way Teenage girls are challenging the meaning and the traditional constraints of gender—but many boys are still trying to fit into a gender structure that has historically benefited them. Phillip L. Hammack
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z How Generation Z, as the Multicultural Vanguard, Can Safeguard the Future of America If older Americans can learn from the more enlightened racial attitudes among Generation Z, then the country can look forward to a bright future. Cara Wong
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z Instead of Generational Conflict, Let’s Have Intergenerational Partnership A coalition between generations could just be the missing piece of infrastructure that our social movements need. Marc Freedman & Eunice Lin Nichols
Ideas Special Projects Understanding Gen Z ‘Stagnancy Is Scarier Than Change’: What I Learned From My Road Trip in Search of Gen Z There's a stubborn optimism among my generation. We care deeply, and we're ready to be listened to. Sophia Pink