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Newsela

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What is Newsela?

Newsela, an education technology company headquartered in New York, provides what they offer as engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. The service boasts almost two million teachers signed up, with the goal of helping kids improve their reading skills in all 50 states and more than 150 countries.

Products include

  • Newsela ELA - Authentic content engages every student and provides the background knowledge, connections, and vocabulary they need to become active, engaged readers.
  • Newsela Social Studies - Course-aligned content and learning activities elevate multiple perspectives, offer students choice, and help teachers guide inquiry for all learners.
  • Newsela Science - Content aligned to state science standards and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that help students learn about science while they’re building literacy, with engaging and accessible texts and background knowledge-building videos that inspire each student to see the science in their world.
  • The Newsela SEL Collection - Social-Emotional Learning designed to integrate into core instruction with relatable, accessible content and activities that put students in the right mindset to learn.
  • Newsela Custom Collections - From partnering with Newsela during the creation process, a custom aligned resource.
  • Newsela Essentials -Thousands of leveled news and current events articles for lessons that get every student to participate in lively discussion.

Technical Details

Technical Details
Deployment TypesSaaS
Mobile ApplicationNo

FAQs

What is Newsela?
Newsela, an education technology company headquartered in New York, provides what they offer as engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. The service boasts almost two million teachers signed up, with the goal of helping kids improve their reading skills in all 50 states and more than 150 countries.
What are Newsela's top competitors?
Renaissance Accelerated Reader, Whooo's Reading, and LightSail Education are common alternatives for Newsela.