After months of seemingly endless campaigning, Election Day is
finally here. But you and your students don’t have to just
passively watch a screen Tuesday night. Below are ways to join
the conversation, play with related Times multimedia and keep
track of data — all to understand the implications of races
around the nation. Ways to Engage: Election Night - Tell Us Who
Should Win. Write in and post a comment about who should win the
presidential election and why — then see what other students
throughout the country think by reading their comments. - Post
Thoughts to #EduElection as You Watch Returns. Jonathan Olsen
and Sarah Gross, the New Jersey teachers who collaborate with us
on our weekly Common Core Practice feature, along with another
New Jersey teacher, Michelle Lampinen, have created a Twitter
hashtag for students to comment on the election returns as they
roll in. The Learning Network has joined forces with Edutopia
and others to help spread the word so students from across the
country (and the world)