Conversation Comeback: A Teacher’s Guide to Class Discussion in a Distracted, Divided World by Liza GaronzikToday's teachers are navigating what can only be called a Conversation Crisis. When it's time to talk, students shut downbecoming withdrawn, anxious, argumentative, or performative. It's understandable. Kids are growing up in a world where it's easier to text than talk, screens shrink attention spans, algorithms skew perspectives, politics are polarized, and AI undercuts authenticity. The consequence is a generation lacking the real world conversation