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Newsela.com provides content to 75% of US schools

 

September 16, 2016   Category: ESE Corner, for Teachers   No Comments comments

Newsela, a 3-year-old startup that promotes literacy in K-12 education, gives teachers curated news articles to share with their students. With the help of intelligent software that adjusts article text to match a student's reading level, teachers can use comprehension quizzes to get immediate feedback when kids are stumped. Newsela is currently in 75% of American K-12 schools....

Read more about it:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/This-education-startup-you-ve-never-heard-of-is-9223214.php

 

 
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About Dr. Rita Oates

As the ISTE representative for FSTE, Rita shares info between the two organizations to try to help both. She is a former high school English teacher and adviser to student publications.In Miami-Dade schools, she led ed tech for nearly eight years, winning multiple grants for software co-development, PD, and special projects. With Barry University, she won a FIPSE grant. She has written 12 books and more than 100 articles about technology, education, and school reform. She has been president of Oates Associates consulting firm for 20 years.

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