New York-based start-up Newsela, which provides simplified news articles for children of different reading levels, has been adopted by 75% of US K-12 schools. CEO Michael Gross founded the not-for-profit organisation after realising his son was struggling to read, and seeing a lack of engagement among other pupils. The company is now working with schools in California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.
New York-based start-up Newsela, which provides simplified news articles for children of different reading levels, has been adopted by 75% of US K-12 schools. CEO Michael Gross founded the not-for-profit organisation after realising his son was struggling to read, and seeing a lack of engagement among other pupils. Newsela is part of the personalised learning movement, and in the three years it has been operating, has seen an average rise of 12 percentile points in children reading Newsela articles.