article of the week
Kelly recognizes that part of the reason students struggle with reading is because they lack prior knowledge and background. They can decode the words, but the words remain meaningless without a foundation of knowledge. To help build his students’ prior knowledge, he assigns them an Article of the Week every Monday morning.
Following are Article of the Week assignments curated by Kelly for the 2023-2024 school year. Kelly posts a new article each Sunday for the following week, except during holiday weeks. The most recent post is at the top of the list. Please note, all articles are subject to the copyright protections stipulated by the original source.
“What the Supreme Court Case on Tent Encampments Could Mean for Homeless People” by Rachel M. Cohen for Vox.com
“Most Work Is New Work, Long-Term Study of U.S. Census Data Shows” by Peter Dizikes for the MIT News
“The April 8 Solar Eclipse Will Bring Weird Sights, Sounds and Feelings” by Robert Lea for Space.com
“NAACP Calls on Black Student-Athletes to Boycott Florida Public Colleges over Anti-DEI Policy” by Daniel Arkin for NBCNews.com
“Rising Cocoa Prices May Cause a Chocolate Shortage” by Elias Nash for TheDailyMeal.com
“Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Votes to Unionize” by Jimmy Golan for APNews.com
“Daylight Saving 2024: When and Why Do The Clocks Change?” by Jireh Deng for the Los Angeles Times
“Chatbots Sometimes Make Things Up. Is AI’s Hallucination Problem Fixable?” by Matt O’Brien for APNews.com
“The Ecosystem Inside You” TheWeek.com
“Jury Finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan School Shooter’s Mother, Guilty of Manslaughter” by Ed White and Corey Williams for APNews.com
“Why Scientists Are Starting to Worry about the Moon Shrinking” by Kasha Patel for the Washington Post
“Can Trump Be on the Ballot?” by Mark Sherman for the Associated Press
“Stress Drains Your Body’s Battery. Here’s How You Can Recharge It” by Elissa Epel for the Los Angeles Times
“Even a Little Alcohol Can Harm Your Health” by Dana G. Smith for the New York Times
“U.S. and British Militaries Launch Massive Retaliatory Strike Against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen” by Lolita C. Baldour for the Associated Press
“Feeling Caucus Confusion? Your Guide to How Iowa Works” by Robert Yoon for APNews.com
“We Carry DNA from Extinct Cousins Like Neanderthals. Science Is Now Revealing Their Genetic Legacy” APNews.com
“At My School, the Closing of the Teenage Mind Is Almost Complete” by Zach Gottlieb for the Los Angeles Times
“The Very First Thing Hackers Do as Criminals” by Kurt Knutsson for FoxNews.com
“Tires Are Saving Us—and Killing Us, too” by Tim Stevens for TheVerge.com
“How to Live in Less Fear” by Nicole Pajer for Shondaland.com
“The Surge in Child Labor” TheWeek.com
“Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion is Wrong” by Sarah Zhang for The Atlantic
“Opposites Don’t Attract: Couples More Likely to Be Similar than Different, Study Shows” by Ian Sample for TheGuardian.com
“How Many Transgender and Intersex People Live in the US?” by Rebecca Boone and Jeff McMillan for APNews.com
“Israel-Hamas War: The Gaza Strip and Its History, Explained” by Timothy Bella for The Washington Post
“NASA Collected a Sample from an Asteroid for the First Time—Here’s Why It Matters” by Georgina Torget for TheVerge.com
“Surgeons Perform Second Pig Heart Transplant, Trying to Save a Dying Man” by Lauren Neergaard for APNews.com
“A Black Student Was Suspended for His Hairstyle. The School Says It Wasn’t Discrimination” by Cheyanne Mumphrey and Juan Lazono for the Associated Press
“The ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Our Water” TheWeek.com
“‘Wiretaps on Wheels’: How Your Car Is Collecting and Selling Your Personal Data” by Frank Bajak for the Los Angeles Times
“Students Can’t Get Off Their Phones. Schools Have Had Enough.” by Donna St. George for the Washington Post
“Montana Judge Hands Young Plaintiffs Significant Victory in Landmark Climate Trial” by Ella Nilsen for CNN.com
“Fulton County Grand Jury Indicts Trump, Giuliani, Other Associates in 2020 Election Investigation” by Sarah D. Wire for the Los Angeles Times
“Chatbots Sometimes Make Things Up. Is AI’s Hallucination Problem Fixable?” by Matt O’Brien for APNews.com