Student Event about Electoral College Thurs. Oct. 22

The New York Times is hosting a live event for students about the Electoral College on Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. Eastern. They encourage teachers to register if they plan on having a class participate in school, or have each of their students 13 and up register if they will be participating from home.

Jesse Wegman, a member of the Times’s Editorial Board is one of the members of the Oct. 22 panel, In addition to Mr. Wegman, they'll be joined by Allyson Waller, part of the 2020-21 New York Times Fellowship class, who recently published the article “How Does the Electoral College Work and Why Does It Matter?”

Two resources:

• Our Student Opinion question, asking students: Is the Electoral College a problem? Does it need to be fixed?
• Our Lesson of the Day, inviting students to play with an interactive diagram, watch a short video, read an explainer article, and develop their own point of view about the Electoral College.