Newsela for Worcester Public Schools
Newsela for Worcester Public SchoolsNewsela for Worcester Public Schools

Accelerate academic success for WPS students

A relevant, engaging and high-quality instructional content platform designed to complement your ELA, social studies, and science curriculum.

Newsela knows WPS
Supporting equitable learning & differentiation
Resources for WPS educators

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Newsela knows Worcester Public Schools

See your district's 2023 vision of equipping your students to become engaged citizens in their community come to life with engaging content for every learner and subject.

  1. Ensure students are developing critical thinking and technical skills through inquiry-based learning

  2. Engage all students in authentic civics work with current events at five levels

  3. Support Social Emotional Learning needs for all students

  4. Give teachers across curriculum tools to teach literacy and lead engaging discussion

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Instructional supports to expand students' learning experience and engagement

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Curations

Curations, Lessons, and Customizations.
Create custom activities, search for content by standard, curate Text Sets, and control the reading levels students experience.

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Resources

Quizzes, Writing Prompts, and Assignments.
Create and share customizable assignments and give students access to reading comprehension quizzes, customizable writing prompts, and annotations.

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Alignments

Aligned to Massachussetts State and Local Standards.

Use Newsela to teach the standards and priorities of WPS. We support leading frameworks, the commonlly used curricula to ensure instruction is both engaging and driving learning such as:

  • MA History and Social Science Framework

  • MA English Language Arts and Literacy Framework

Resources for Worcester educators

Resources to help Worcester Public Schools educators get the most from Newsela's content solutions.

GUIDE

Success in Social Studies: Six essentials you need in your social studies content

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Meet our trusted Massachusetts partners

We partner with educators and leaders from around the state to meet your content, PD and assessment needs.

Content solutions across the curriculum

Authentic, standards-aligned content that supports the standards and mandates that matter to Massachusetts schools.