Newsela, Inc.
Newsela is a fast-growing education technology startup with a single ambitious goal: Meaningful classroom learning for every student. We provide engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. With nearly two million teachers signed up, Newsela is helping kids improve their reading skills in all 50 states and more than 150 countries. We seek passionate, creative employees with quick minds and warm hearts. If you believe that all students deserve a more rigorous, more personalized learning experience, please apply to join our team.www.newsela.com
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Sep 14, 2026
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Four, read the same article or passage twice, once quickly for overall meaning and once slowly with a pencil to annotate, question, and connect ideas to what you already know.
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Five, explore the enormous free library of leveled English texts available through resources like ReadWorks, Newsela, and Project Gutenberg, which offer high-quality reading material at a range of proficiency levels.
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Thank you for spending time with us today.
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Every minute you listen, every word you learn, and every sentence you practice brings you one step closer to your American English goals.
Sandee OrtizGUEST
I usually take about 10 minutes total in class to the beginning to go through the EQ, five at the end with the kids with the debrief.
Sandee OrtizGUEST
I also like to use Newsela articles because I could find a lot of great things.
Sandee OrtizGUEST
And since I have a class like 9th or 10th or 12th graders, I might have different levels of readers.
Sandee OrtizGUEST
So then I could differentiate the articles and then include the EQs in them.
Adam GilletteGUEST
Talk to them about supplemental course materials that aren't literally part of the curriculum, but that the teachers are likely going to use.
Adam GilletteGUEST
Who do they like to use? What do they think is a good source for supplemental materials? Previously, one called Newsela, very popular in more than half the schools across the country, was using content from the Howard Zinn Education Project and the 1619 Project, as well as the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Adam GilletteGUEST
And also, there was a Supreme Court recently which affirmed the right of parents to opt out of instruction that's LBGTQ-inclusive, and parents have to be notified before that happens.
Adam GilletteGUEST
And I tell you, it happens as early as kindergarten.