Newsela

Newsela is a K-12 edtech company that serves millions of learners and teachers by offering thousands of standards-aligned texts, videos, and activities across ELA, social studies, and science. Their content is available at multiple reading levels and easily integrates with real-time assessment and instructional insights. Adopted by ~90% of U.S. schools and tens of millions of students, Newsela has become a widely used platform for engaging literacy and knowledge-building. Their platform also includes tools for writing feedback, teacher dashboards, and growing subject-specific expansions, such as STEM through its acquisition of Generation Genius. Newsela acts as a comprehensive instructional content and assessment layer, helping educators engage students with current, differentiated content and track growth across key literacy and knowledge domains.