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Awesome Articles for Students: Websites and Other Resources

All of these sites are free.

In today’s digital world, we seem to be surrounded by news. Clickbait, anyone? Yet the pervasive and often intrusive nature of internet news articles belies the fact that many of these sites are behind a paywall, biased, or feature low-quality reporting.

Still, online articles are a great starting point for all kinds of learning assignments across the curriculum. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of the best free article websites for students. Many of these sites offer not only high-quality topical articles on every subject, but also ideas for lessons, such as questions, quizzes, and discussion prompts.

Student Article Websites

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CommonLit With thousands of high-quality, Common Core-aligned reading passages for grades 3-12, this easy-to-use literacy site is a rich source of English and Spanish texts and lessons. Search by theme, grade, Lexile score, genre, and even literary devices such as alliteration or foreshadowing. Texts are accompanied by teacher guides, paired texts activities, and assessments. Teachers can share lessons and track student progress with a free account. 

DOGOnews News articles featuring current events, science, social studies, world events, civics, environment, sports, weird/fun news, and more. Free access to all articles. Premium accounts offer extras such as simplified and audio versions, quizzes, and critical thinking challenges. 

CNN10 Replacing the popular CNN Student News, CNN 10 provides 10-minute video news stories on current events of international importance, explaining how the event fits into the broader news narrative. 

KiwiKids News Created by a New Zealand primary school educator, Kiwi Kids News features free articles about health, science, politics (including U.S. political topics), animals, and the Olympics. Kids will love the “Odd Stuff” articles, which focus on unusual news, from the world’s biggest potato to centenarian athletes. 

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PBS NewsHour Daily News Lessons Daily articles covering current events in video format. Each lesson includes a full transcript, fact list, summary, and focus questions. 

NYT Daily Lessons/Article of the Day The New York Times Daily Lessons builds a classroom lesson around a new article each day, offering thoughtful questions for writing and discussion, as well as related ideas for further study. Perfect for practicing critical thinking and literacy skills for middle and high school students, it’s a part of the larger NYT Learning Network , which provides an abundance of activities for students and resources for teachers.

The Learning Network Current event articles, student opinion essays, movie reviews, students review contests, and more. The educator resource section offers top-notch teaching and professional development resources. 

News For Kids With the motto “Real News, Told Simply,” News for Kids strives to present the latest topics in U.S. and world news, science, sports, and the arts in a way that’s accessible to most readers. Features a coronavirus update page .

ReadWorks A fully free research-based platform, Readworks provides thousands of nonfiction and fiction passages searchable by topic, activity type, grade, and Lexile level. Educator guides cover differentiation, hybrid and remote learning, and free professional development. Great resource for teachers.

Science News for Students Winner of multiple awards for journalism, Science News for Students publishes original science, technology, and health features for readers ages 9-14. Stories are accompanied by citations, recommended readings, glossaries, readability scores, and classroom extras. Be sure to check out Top 10 tips to stay safe during an epidemic . 

Teaching Kids News A terrific site that publishes readable and teachable articles on news, art, science, politics, and more for students grades 2-8. Bonus: The Fake News resource section links to online games about fake news and images. A must for any digital citizen.

Smithsonian Tween Tribune An excellent resource for articles on a wide range of topics, including animals, national/world news, sports, science, and much more. Searchable by topic, grade, and Lexile reading score. Lesson plans offer great ideas for the classroom and simple, usable frameworks for implementing these in any grade. 

Wonderopolis Have you ever wondered if llamas really spit or if animals like art? Every day, the award-winning Wonderopolis posts a new standard-based article exploring intriguing questions such as these. Students may submit their own questions and vote for their favorites. Be sure to check out “Wonders with Charlie,” featuring acclaimed writer, producer, and director Charlie Engelman.

Youngzine A unique news site for young people that focuses on climate science, solutions, and policies to address the myriad effects of global warming. Kids have an opportunity to express their views and literary creativity by submitting poetry or essays. 

Scholastic Kids Press A multinational group of young journalists ages 10-14 report the latest news and fascinating stories about the natural world. Features sections dedicated to coronavirus and civics.

National Geographic Kids A fine library of articles about animals, history, science, space, and—of course—geography. Students will enjoy the “Weird But True” short videos, featuring fun animations about oddball topics.  

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Studying current events gives students the opportunity to make relevant real world connections, engage with high-interest topics, and practice foundational reading and writing skills. Although working with current events is extremely valuable, it is not always easy to find news outlets that provide accessible content for students. The websites listed below are FREE of charge, don’t require any type of sign-in, and contain a variety of kid-friendly and appropriate news sources for students to utilize when studying current events. 

DOGO News  

DOGO News offers standards-aligned current event articles written with kids in mind. Higher level vocabulary is printed in bold and hyperlinked to a definition. Lesson plan ideas are also offered for multiple grade level bands. 

Smithsonian Tween Tribune

The Smithsonian Tween Tribune provides students with high-interest news articles that can be adjusted according to Lexile level.  As a teacher, you have the option to share articles straight to your Google Classroom.

Teaching Kids News

Teaching Kids News has been publishing news articles for kids for over ten years. Each article includes links for further reading and ideas for connecting the article with ELA curriculum. In addition to the current event articles for students, there is also an entire category on the website dedicated to media literacy.

Science News for Students

Science News for Students is an award-winning publication dedicated to providing students with the most up-to-date news in the fields of science, health, and technology. Each article includes a glossary of terms and a readability score.  In addition to the news articles, the website offers additional learning opportunities including Word of the Week, Experiments, Cool Jobs, and more.

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CNN 10 is a ten minute news show that appears as a daily video on CNN.com. Daily news from around the world is presented in short video segments. The goal of CNN10 is to deliver internationally significant stories that are digestible for a younger audience. The show strives to provide a neutral position on all topics by providing multiple viewpoints and general overviews.

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Teaching with the news 15 current events websites for students.

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Preparing students to be well-informed, curious readers is part of our role as educators both across grade levels and subject areas. As a former classroom teacher, I loved sharing current events articles with students. High-interest, relevant articles connected to the news, can promote discussion both inside and outside of the classroom, plus, students can make comments and highlight an event via PDF editor . Although there might have been a time when you had newspapers delivered to your classroom, it’s now easier than ever to connect students with up-to-date articles thanks to these current events websites.

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On this list I’ve shared a handful of favorite current events websites. You’ll find some that allow you to modify reading levels for each article and others that connect student readers to videos, images, and audio files. If you’re a regular follower of ClassTechTips.com or attended an event I’ve spoken at the past few years,  you’ve probably heard me use the phrase tasks before apps . As you go through this list think about your learning goals for students and which resources will connect them with relevant, engaging and high-interest informational text.

15 Current Events Websites for Students

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The Learning Network from the New York Times is full of useful resources for students and teachers. There are articles written specifically for student readers and lesson plans that cover a wide range of topics. You’ll find writing prompts, contests and multimedia resources on this website.

With new articles each week, Youngzine is another great resource for texts to share with students. On this current events website you can find articles under science, technology and history categories. There are often maps, related resources and videos to explore with each article.

National Geographic

Full of popular stories, National Geographic’s website includes articles from around the world. In addition to the news articles for kids to explore, there is also a collection of beautiful images that are perfect for close reading activities.

CNN’s website provides quick ten-minute video clips for students featuring a wide variety of news stories. These commercial-free videos are perfect for sharing with students for daily updates. You might also decide to use these videos in a flipped classroom model for students to watch outside of the classroom and come back to class ready to discuss.

ChannelOne News

Although this current events website includes commercials with student-friendly videos, the high-quality, high-interest content may still be of interest to you. With new content added every day and a great production quality, the resources on this website are robust.

Tween Tribune

On this free website for kids you’ll find plenty of current events lesson ideas for students. It includes leveled reading passages for students they can tailor to their reading needs. In addition to changing reading levels for each passage there is content available in English and Spanish.

Scholastic News

Similar to the resources from TIME for Kids, Scholastic News has free content online for students related to current events and high-interest reading topics. Users can choose a grade-level and view content designed for different groups of students.

NPR’s website includes resources in print and audio format. You students might dive into the articles on a tablet or listen to the news updates. Like many news organizations NPR has lots of podcast options for learners at different levels and with varying interests.

TIME for Kids

You might be familiar with the print magazine TIME or their student edition TIME for Kids. What’s great about their online resource is they give students access to free content and the ability to customize their reading experiences. Students can see articles in both English and Spanish, change the Lexile level of passages and find a ready-to-print version of the news.

Newsela is a favorite on this list of current events websites and definitely worth checking out! They have free and paid content that is updated daily with lots of extra resources related to the news of the day. You can search for articles by keyword and topic as well as the connection to different standards.

The folks at BrainPOP have so many great resources that can help students better understand different issues related to current events. Their content is very searchable and each day they have a new free video to share with students. The daily free video often relates to a topic in the news.

Sports Illustrated Kids

Sports Illustrated Kids has a website with current events articles for kids. Also on this website you’ll find updated news articles on sporting events and notable athletes. Many of the articles are written by their student reporters.

The DOGOnews website  caters specifically to students and includes new articles weekly. These articles have the option for being listened to in addition to read. The articles often include infographics and videos too.

[No longer available] This resource stopped producing new content earlier this year, however their archive is full of articles connected to issues students may be exploring in your classroom. It contains book reviews and lots of articles related to science concepts and weather.

Here There Everywhere

[No longer available] Although updated less consistently than the othe rs on this list, Here There Everywhere is another resource for locating current events articles. They have categories and archives you can look through if you’re searching for a particular topic.

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Give your students access to trusted, reliable, and credible sources for news, current events, and research. Do you have students working on a research paper? Are they keeping up with the news to build reading and critical thinking skills? It's easy for students to go astray and get duped by untrustworthy, deceptive news sources or research studies. This list will point students in the right direction, toward sites and apps with vetted, fact-based, and fact-checked work. There are kid-friendly news sites and apps that adapt journalism to different reading levels and kids' sensibilities as well as primary and secondary research resources from leading institutions like the Smithsonian and NASA. We've also curated a few well-known sites and apps for older kids and adults like the New York Times and NPR. Of course, all news has some measure of bias, so it's important to combine reading these news sources with news literacy lessons .

Trustworthy News Sources

Nasa visualization explorer.

Updated stories help kids stay up to speed with space exploration

Bottom Line : Weekly updates and striking visuals make it easy for kids to stay informed about NASA's most recent discoveries.

NASA Global Climate Change - Vital Signs of the Planet

Tons of climate change info from expert sources in one easy place

Bottom Line : This is a one-stop shop for climate change info, from basic intro content to practical guides and raw data; good for middle schoolers and up.

The New York Times

Easy access to news, but most content is available only to subscribers

Bottom Line : Provides an easy-to-use news resource, but only section front pages are accessible without a subscription.

Trusty podcast app has quality content but lacks learning supports

Bottom Line : An enticing free option for connecting current events to content through podcasts, but student engagement hinges on how you incorporate it.

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Time for kids.

Pro news zine balances kid-friendly content with teacher supports

Bottom Line : This is an excellent, cross-curricular news source that'll keep kids current and build their thinking skills.

News-O-Matic

Daily news stories and supplements keep elementary schoolers current

Bottom Line : This highly useful current events platform can be a daily fixture of elementary school classrooms.

Weekly newspaper makes current events accessible to all

Bottom Line : This a pricey tool but it's packed with a school year's worth of content and handy accessibility features.

Great stories, just-right leveled reading; now mostly by subscription

Bottom Line : While pricey, Newsela has ascended into an all-in-one destination for leveled, non-fiction reading.

CBC Kids News

Real news stories and videos for and by kids

Bottom Line : This is a robust resource for real and accessibly-written news stories students, but don't expect interactive elements or supporting materials.

Science News for Students

Cool STEM articles with learning supports make for fun, informative reading

Bottom Line : Free, fascinating articles make science relevant to students.

PBS NewsHour Classroom

Trusted news brand's current events site offers daily discussions

Bottom Line : There's a wide variety of current, credible, and high-quality content on this site that should support interesting classroom discussions.

Digital news source builds literacy and measures progress

Bottom Line : A top-notch digital news source with interactive features; a good tool to add value as students learn critical-thinking and close-reading skills.

The Learning Network

High-powered news site offers daily resource to process current events

Bottom Line : Backed by a world-class news team, this stunning free resource can fuel daily topical discussions.

Primary and Secondary Sources

Smithsonian's history explorer.

Browse and use American history artifacts and activities

Bottom Line : This is a handy resource that, with some effort, will uncover resources for kick-starting curious learning.

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Powerful stories and media centralize African-American history

Bottom Line : While there aren't ready-to-go curricular materials, this modern, well-curated, and well-contextualized digital collection is sure to inspire compelling lessons.

Library of Congress

Dig into famed library's collection of research goodies

Bottom Line : The Library of Congress delivers the best of America's past and present, and with teacher support it could be a reliable research resource for students.

Smithsonian Open Access

Stellar museum-based resources available for exploration and use

Bottom Line : This high-quality collection of museum resources -- ranging from artifacts to full-blown exhibits -- provides unlimited exploration for students, reliable primary sources for teachers.

National Archives

Access U.S. history with treasure trove of docs, genealogy, and other resources

Bottom Line : NARA's website wasn't designed for kids, but they can definitely use it to research and learn about history, genealogy, and the U.S. population and government.

Digital Public Library of America

Organized digital library features piles of useful primary resources

Bottom Line : DPLA is at the top of the list of high-grade, online primary source collections if teachers make effective use of what's on offer.

Google Arts & Culture

Well-curated art and history site inspires curious learning

Bottom Line : A beautifully presented one-stop shop for compellingly curated and contextualized art, history, and culture resources, but it's lacking educator supports.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Extensive resource collection supports teaching about the Holocaust

Bottom Line : As a valuable resource for anyone teaching or learning about the Holocaust, time to explore and plan is necessary in order to make the materials effective.

The National WWII Museum - New Orleans

High-quality resources and activities offer an in-depth study

Bottom Line : Materials and activities support a thorough study of World War II, making this a valuable resource for both teachers and students.

Elegant treasure trove of data could fuel lessons and projects

Bottom Line : An efficient research tool that makes it easier to incorporate stats into a host of lessons or projects focusing on the U.S.

Google Scholar

Academic search engine, an excellent source for credible research info

Bottom Line : This smart tool can help teens locate credible material for paper and report writing, general research, and other school projects.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

History and art intersect on the Met's vast, reading-centric site

Bottom Line : This resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art beautifully illustrates art's evolution and is great for research, but more interactivity would help balance out the text-heavy content.

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Allsides for schools.

Civics site offers building blocks for meaningful dialogue

Bottom Line : This site meaningfully promotes dialogue rather than argument, and collects a lot of resources you might normally have to curate yourself.

Google News

News site offers a useful platform for research, critical thinking

Bottom Line : With some cautious supervision and adept guidance from teachers, this is a good tool for seeking, reading, and evaluating stories from multiple sources.

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Free educational videos and resources for middle school through college iIn math, natural science, social science and humanities.  Your students can study independently, you can use content for your lessons or you can create playlists for your students to review.

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Incredibly helpful, straightforward, standards-aligned videos, practice exercises and articles.  Topics for 7-12 include math, reading & language arts, science, economics, arts & humanities, computing, life skills and test prep.  Teachers can also assign work and track student progress with a teacher account.

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Students can equip themselves with learning tools and flashcards to help them study for almost any topic your school offers a class in.

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Features free audio books.

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Advanced spelling and grammar checker with browser plugins.

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Struggling students can use lessons to help with algebra and beginning trigonometry courses, as well as test prep.

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https://www.oerproject.com/

A free introductory history course that establishes an interdisciplinary foundation of historical thinking practices, and a free standards-based world history course that builds upon those foundational skills in preparation for AP, college, and beyond.

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17 Useful Article Sites for Students

January 11, 2022 //  by  Kay Bancroft

As the popularity of student-led learning grows, so does the importance of providing our learners with safe and accurate research sources. While we want to encourage school students to explore their interests, we have to remember that the internet offers a vast supply of information, some of which is unregulated.

We want to help you guide your students to accurate and trusted resources, which is why we've done the hard work for you and found 17 of the best websites for student research.

Sites For Younger Students (K-5th Grade)

1. national geographic kids .

National Geographic Kids features content that is mostly focused on animals and the natural world but also has information on social studies topics too. The site offers educational games, videos, and other activities. Students can also find out 'Weird But True' facts and tour countries around the world.

Learn more: National Geographic Kids

2. DK Find Out!

DK Find Out! is a fun site covering many topics, such as science and math, along with content that is less commonly covered such as transportation, language arts, and computer coding. The site is easy to navigate and includes videos, quizzes, and fun facts.

Learn more: DK Find Out!

Epic! is a digital library and e-reader website and app with a collection of over 40,000 children's books. Students can search for texts and also be assigned texts to read by their teacher. Free accounts are available to use during the school day.

There is also a built-in dictionary feature and a large number of 'read to me' texts, which are excellent for students who may not be able to read independently yet.

Epic! also includes an educational video library, magazines, and options to track student activity. Some texts can also be downloaded for offline use if access to an internet connection is an issue.

Learn more: Epic!

4. Ducksters

Ducksters is quite a text-heavy site, so best for use with older students who have already developed independent reading and note-taking skills. It offers a range of social studies and scientific content, but it is an especially great resource for researching the US and world history. Along with written content, the site also has a collection of games for students to play.

Learn more: Ducksters

5. BrainPOP Jr.

BrainPOP Jr has a huge archive of videos on a broad range of topics. Each video is around 5 minutes long and kids will be tickled by the two main characters, Annie and Moby. This is a great resource to use if you've taught your students how to take notes from watching videos, although the transcripts for each video can also be accessed. The website also includes quizzes and activities for students to complete after watching the videos.

Learn more: BrainPOP Jr.

6. Kids Discover

Kids Discover is a vast, award-winning library of non-fiction content for students, featuring interesting articles and videos that will have them hooked! Students will need an account but there is some free content available.

Learn more: Kids Discover

7. Wonderopolis

Head to the Wonderopolis website and explore the world of wonders! The content on this site covers a wide range of educational topics. Articles have embedded photos and videos for easy access, and the search tool will help students find the information they need.

Learn more: Wonderopolis

8. Fact Monster

Fact Monster combines reference materials, homework assistance, educational games, and fun facts for kids. From the solar system to the world economy, Fact Monster has a wide range of information that your students might find useful in their research.

Learn more: Fact Monster

9. TIME for Kids

TIME for Kids aims to nurture today's learners and tomorrow's leaders with original news articles and interviews. Help your students grow the critical-thinking skills required to become active global citizens. The site is geared towards helping students understand the news and world around them.

Learn more: TIME for Kids

Sites for Older Students (6th Grade -12th Grade)

10. brainpop.

The older sibling of BrainPOP Jr, BrainPOP is aimed at older students and features videos based on a higher level curriculum. Tim takes over from Annie to interact with Moby, and the videos cover more information at a greater depth while at a faster pace.

Learn more: BrainPOP

11. Newslea

Containing a vast range of educational content, your students are sure to find the resources they need at Newslea. Material is aligned to academic standards and also includes wellness activities. You will need to subscribe to this site in order to access its content, but certain types of funding are available.

Learn more: News ELA

12. New York Times

The New York Times has the latest, up-to-the-minute articles informing your students of current events happening around the world. Be mindful that this is a news site aimed at adults, and so you should think carefully about the age and maturity of your students before directing them to this site. The site has a vast collection of online articles that students may find useful in their research.

Learn more: New York Times

13. National Public Radio (NPR)

Again, another NPR is another site of excellent journalistic material that is geared towards an adult audience. A great place to direct students if they are looking for reputable coverage of current events.

Learn more: National Public Radio (NPR)

14. National Museum of American History

The National Museum of American History website is a useful resource for exploring history and viewing artifacts. The website also provides suggestions to other Smithsonian pages that might be of use to your students' topics of research.

Learn more: National Museum of American History

15. How Stuff Works

'How Stuff Works' is an interesting collection of videos and articles which explain, well, how things work! Great for any curious student who wants to dig a little deeper into the science behind something.

Learn more: How Stuff Works

16. History

Did you know that the well-known 'History Channel' has a site where you can read articles about important historical events? Events are categorized in a variety of ways, making it easy for students to find what they are looking for.

Learn more: History

17. Google Scholar

Now, Google Scholar is not a website where students can view information. Think of it more as a tool created to help readers find the literature of a scholarly nature on the internet. From the search bar, students are able to locate peer-reviewed papers, books, theses, abstracts, and journal articles from a range of academic publishers. It is a great tool for helping your students find and explore educational resources.

Learn more: Google Scholar

Internet Safety

It's worth noting that while these sites are designed for children and teenagers, advertisements may still pop up or students may be tempted to stray to different sites. We recommend that you always check out a site yourself before recommending it to your students. It might be wise to consider teaching an online safety lesson before starting any kind of online research project with your students.

You could reach out to your technology department for help with this. There are also some great ideas for lessons on sites such as Teachers Pay Teachers.

The Library

Don't discount your school library for excellent resources and access to texts! Connect with your school librarian and provide them with a list of research topics. They are usually more than happy to dig out some age-appropriate texts and check them out for you to use in your classroom.

However, we all know that one student with a super-specific and obscure interest, and that's when the internet can be an invaluable tool! Online resources are also excellent for when students don't have access to hard copy books, such as during remote learning.

Librarians can also tell you about any sites or databases your school subscribes to and how to navigate online texts you may have access to.

Taking Notes and Plagiarism

Along with teaching students about internet safety, it's also imperative to teach them how to take notes properly and avoid copying straight from the text.

Again, there are some great lessons and videos out there on how to take notes and write research in our own words. Students will definitely need some time and practice with it, but it's a useful topic on which to have a class discussion before they get started.

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Stay up to date on the latest news and science discoveries with articles written in a kid-friendly way. Science News Explores offers helpful resources for at-home learning, including:

• Experiments . Learn science by doing science! Using real scientific research projects as a guide, Science News Explores shows kids how to apply the scientific method to make their own experiments at home.
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10 Awesome Websites To Ignite The History Buff In A High Schooler

What is the first image that comes to your mind when you think of history? Boring dates, difficult names, and equally complex events. That’s why many students cringe at the name of History. That, too, for all the right reasons. History, as it is taught in a classroom setting, eventually becomes uninteresting. Perhaps this is why history is universally recognized as one of the most boring classes. But, as much as we admit the boredom element of history, we are also fascinated by the incredible tales that history has to tell us, do we not? Moreover, history also becomes one class that a lot of high school freshman-year students contemplate on opting for. 

And what if I further tell you that there is an interesting way to learn history? One that would take you on an adventurous journey of tales of the past without making you lose your interest even once? Would you love to hear more about it? Obviously, you would. 

Therefore, to accomplish the said task, in this blog, we have compiled a list of 10 History websites that will definitely make you fall in love with history. 

Cool Websites For Fun History Lessons

By curating and contextualizing text, audio, and images, websites aim for accessibility, giving students tons of content likely to touch on topics they care about. The websites have a vast collection of primary resources coupled with intriguing lesson plans and activities that will also fuel your research mindset. 

• National Geographic Education 

This website provides high-quality resources on topics such as geography, world history, biology, ecology, engineering, and current events. Classroom resources are divided into the Resource Library, Mapping resources, and Explorer Magazine. 

The Resource Library includes activities, articles, collections, educator guides, encyclopedic entries, historical articles, ideas, images, interactives, games, lessons, maps, media, photos, unit studies, and videos. Each element of the Resource Library lists the topics and subtopics it addresses and designates the grades of the intended audience. Users can also search by subject grade, content type, and keyword. 

The mapping resources are customizable by nature. Users can draw on the map to add different markers or add geographic cities, borders, and other items to be labeled. Explorer Magazine includes interactive visuals and audio, providing compelling content for younger students.

• Teachinghistory.com

Funded by the US Department of Education, this website is free for all students. Although the site claims that it is designed for teachers and educators to improve U.S. history teaching in the classroom, the website makes history content, resources, and research easily accessible to high school students. 

Quick links make it easier to navigate study material according to the grade level. Students will also find a specific link through which they can resolve their queries by consulting a historian, a digital historian, or a master teacher. Introductory videos, history quizzes, and digital classrooms are some of the website’s highlighted features, making it super engaging for the students. 

• Zinn Education Project 

Going beyond the history found in traditional textbooks and curricula, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history. With an annual growth of 15,000 new registrants every year, the Zinn Education Project has become a leading repository of resources for teachers and students alike. The website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and grade level. Based on the approach to history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, their teaching materials emphasize the role of working people, women, people of color, and organized social movements in shaping history.

• Teaching American History 

Teaching American History is a free resource that combines primary documents, continuing education, and community for American history teachers and students. Primary documents present America’s story in the words of those who wrote it. When students read these documents, they have direct access to the minds of those, both great and humble, who shaped the nation’s history. They can see earlier generations’ challenges, examine their intentions, and join the great debates that guided their choices.

• BBC Ancient History

BBC’s History section contains an impressive selection of exhibitions, activities, games, photo galleries, and other resources. The materials listed under various grouped tags are very useful in boosting students’ research. The BBC Ancient History section focuses on Anglo-Saxons, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Vikings. Among the special attractions are examples of Roman art found in Britain, planning your own Viking raid, and discovering treasures from the ‘cradle of civilization.’ 

There are engaging sections entitled Multimedia Room, Historic Figures, Timelines, Programmes, Reading Room, Talk History, For Kids, and History Trails aimed at upper elementary and lower secondary students.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Arts 

The website provides high-quality material for students, educators, and general history enthusiasts. Start with the Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of Art History, a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world. Each timeline page includes representative art from the Museum’s collection, a chart of time periods, a map of the region, an overview, and a list of key events. 

The timelines, accompanied by world, regional, and sub-regional maps, provide a linear outline of art history and allow visitors to compare and contrast art from around the globe at any time in history. 

• Turning The Pages  

Turning the Pages is an award-winning interactive display system developed by The British Library in collaboration with Armadillo Systems. The aim of the site is to increase public access and enjoyment of some of its most valuable treasures. 

High schoolers are able to virtually “turn” the pages of manuscripts in a realistic way, using touch-screen technology and animation. There are currently thirty-six treasures on display in Turning the Pages including: the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Diamond Sutra, the Sforza Hours, the Leonardo Notebook, the Golden Haggadah, the Luttrell Psalter, Blackwell’s Herbal, the Sherborne Missal, and Memoirs of Babur.

• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook 

The Internet History Sourcebooks have an amazing collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use by Paul Halsall of Fordham University. The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook is a companion to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook and the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. 

The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook contains hundreds of well-organized sources; the main sections are Human Origins, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, the Hellenistic World, Rome, Late Antiquity, and Christian Origins. The Ancient History Sourcebook also includes links to visual and aural material, as art and archeology play a prominent role in the study of Ancient history. The major emphasis of this initiative is on easy access to primary source texts for educational purposes.

• Perseus Project 

Perseus Project is a digital library rich with Greek and Classical resources from the Classics Department at Tufts University for primary and secondary source scholarly works that cover the history, literature, and culture of the Greco-Roman world. The collection contains extensive and diverse resources, including primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps. 

Works are listed by author and you can browse the Greco-Roman Collection or use the search engine. Art and archaeology catalogs document a wide range of objects: vases, sculptures and sculptural groups, coins, buildings, and gems. The site also has FAQs, essays, a historical overview, an extensive library of art objects and other resources. 

EDSITEment is a website that offers lesson plans and online resources in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. It’s a collection of content from all over the Web, but all the links have been vetted for quality by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

High schoolers can search content by type, subject area, or state standard, or they can browse the front page to see features like “How to do a close reading of the Gettysburg Address” and a calendar of notable historical and cultural events, like the 1942 premiere of Casablanca.

Other helpful tools

Thanks to the vast resources available on internet, you can even use other tools to accelerate your history studies. Some of these tools are:

• Apps: In most cases, apps are basically the user-friendly version of the website. It makes navigating through the features easier for the user. Plus, the gamified approach used in the apps makes studying interesting and immersive. Our top recommendation includes these two apps: 
• Google Art and Culture : This app helps students learn more about the world’s cultural heritage. 360° videos, virtual reality tours into the world museums, interactive games, Street View to explore famous sites, and guided tours curated by experts are some of the most highlighted features of this app.
• World History Trivia Quiz: The best app to test your knowledge about world history. The quiz covers topics from World Wars, ancient Egypt, Chornobyl, American history, and many more.
• Books: If you would rather flip through the contents of books than refer to other tools, then here is our book recommendation for you.
• Mike Maxwell The Student’s Friend Concise World History: Parts 1 & 2 : As the title itself suggest, this book excludes superficial facts and condenses world history into 127 pages of only the most important information.
• Prentice Hall World History Book: Laid out in an easy-to-understand manner, this book offers color-coded terms, main ideas, people, and places. The short answer sections available throughout the book help students revise the information they just learned.
• History channels: History channels on television are interesting because they provide varied information based on varied contexts. These channels do not limit itself to covering the history of one specific geographical location, so you end up collecting a rich repository of information.
• Talking to elders: Nothing compares to the strong impression we get from learning about history through a conversation. Therefore, talk to your elders and ask about their history. Sometimes, talking with different people lets you uncover a different perspective towards looking at a certain history.
• Forums: Being a part of a forum that discusses forums is very helpful and enriching. It gives you a space to be a part of rich discussions and debates, fosters a sense of community, and encourages peer-to-peer interaction that eventually improves learner engagement.
• Magazines: It’s the richly illustrated blend of style and story that makes magazine a rich tool for classroom studies. You can make use of this tool to unearth some interesting historical events that aren’t generally included in your coursebooks. 

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Websites can be useful tools and resources that can be supremely beneficial for young learners. At the same time, these free history websites can be used by high schoolers intrigued by historical topics. Moreover, kids finding some or other difficulty in some history topics and concepts can also take the help of these websites in overcoming difficulties and making the process more facile for themselves. 

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8 Physics Articles for High School Students

Keeping track of scientific articles as a high school student is crucial for many reasons. First, one can access credible and up-to-date information about a topic they’re interested in, potentially helping them produce high-quality research projects during their academic journey. Demonstrating a familiarity with scientific literature can also showcase a student’s critical thinking and analytical skills making them stand out in college SOPs and interviews.  

We’ve covered 8 physics articles that scientifically curious high school students can use to access high-quality scientific literature. These platforms publish physics research papers regularly that can be understood at a grade 9–12 reading level, and can potentially serve as publishing platforms for high school research papers. 

1. Science Journal for Kids and Teens

Cost : Free

Science Journal for Kids and Teens, established in Texas, is a non-profit organization that publishes an online science magazine for children and teachers. Their magazine provides peer-reviewed research papers written in a language appropriate for young readers and is freely downloadable. This platform aims to make scientific research more accessible to the general public, particularly school children.  With every paper published, students can also access an opening video, meta information such as keywords, the reading level of the paper, a set of assessment questions, educator resources like labs, quizzes, and slide shows, and a teacher’s key.

Students can sort scientific articles in   Physics  based on their reading level, scientific methods used, scientific figures used, research location, scientific affiliations, languages, and more. Science Journal or Kids and Teens looks at high-impact academic journals such as PNAS, The Lancet, Science, and Nature for peer-reviewed science research published in the past year! These papers are then adapted into articles students can easily read  as part of their magazine with the entire process taking anywhere between 3 to 6 months! 

2.   Frontiers for Young Minds

Frontiers for Young Minds is a unique platform allowing high school students to access cutting-edge scientific discoveries while fostering collaboration between researchers and students. In the Astronomy and Physics section of this website, students can discover articles delving into the history of the solar system, the universe, galaxies, planetary surfaces, and the signals and spaces in between ! The platform invites distinguished scientists to write about their research in a language that school students can understand. 

However, the platform takes this process a step ahead and lets high school students, with the help of a scientific mentor, give feedback on these articles and suggest improvements before they are published. By teaching them the art of peer-reviewing, Frontiers for Young Minds shows students what they can expect much further in their academic journey when research becomes a part of their curricula. 

3.   The National High School Journal of Science (NHSJS)

Cost : Free   subscription via email. 

The NHSJS is an online, student-run, free, and peer-reviewed research journal whose target audience is high school STEM enthusiasts. It aims to expose high school students to new scientific concepts and ideas and engage them outside the classroom. This journal also welcomes spring researchers to participate in the publishing process by submitting articles.  Although student-run, the NHSJS upholds its publication standards through its dedicated peer review process and anointed Scientist Advisory Board consisting of professional researchers.

From the   challenges surrounding Nuclear Fusion  to   how Formula One engineers the fastest cars in the world , the physics segment of this journal provides captivating insights into the cutting-edge advancements and fundamental principles that drive progress in these fields . High school students can also join the NHSJS year-long research program which they can learn more about   here . 

4.   Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI)

JEI is an online open-access journal publishing original papers in physical and biological sciences written by middle and high-school students. Students can submit original research under the guidance of an advisor or teacher, receive feedback, and publish their findings in a peer-reviewed scientific journal . These submissions typically originate from classroom projects, science fair entries, and mentor-supervised research. 

JEI is a non-profit run by post-doctoral fellows, professors, and graduate students across the United States. It provides an opportunity for grad students to engage in the editorial and review side of research publishing and introduces high school students to student-friendly research questions. Examples of physics research published by JEI in 2024 include studies on   the optical properties of gelatin  and theoretical   explorations of the journey to Proxima Centauri B .

5.  Journal of High School Science

Cost : Free to access, $35 to submit an original research paper for review and publishing

The Journal of High School Science is a peer-reviewed STEAM publication consisting of original articles, review papers, technical notes, and other types of research conducted by high school students. It is an open-access journal meant for high school students to read and publish independent peer-reviewed research . Although free to browse, for each paper submitted the Journal charges $35 before it is peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. 

The Journal covers research in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, published in one of four volumes each year. Manuscripts on the website are reviewed through a single-blind peer review process, generally by two independent reviewers. In the realm of physics, a recent paper published on this platform  explores the concept of using radiator fans in internal combustion engines and electric vehicles to generate wind energy . This can effectively turn automobiles into mobile wind turbines to capture and utilize this previously untapped energy source!

6.   Young Scientists Journal

The Young Scientists Journal is an international peer-reviewed science journal uniquely distinguished by its contributors and audience — school students aged 12 to 20 who write, review, and produce the content . In the past decade alone, YSJ has fostered a community of scientific readers and researchers from over 50 countries. This journal covers topics from the Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrobiology, Climate Change, and more. 

A   recent physics-related article  published on YSJ explores the use case of fractal dimensions and whether they could help in diagnosing cancer. This paper specifically looks at the “box-counting” method to find fractal dimensions and reviews automated systems that compare cancerous and healthy cells. Another paper   explores the orbital dynamics of Earth  and how they contribute to the leap year and seasonal changes!

7.   The Scientific Teen

The Scientific Teen is a popular global journal for high school students to access and publish scientific articles. Since its conception in 2018, it has pooled contributions and readership from over 80 countries covering subjects like Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine. This platform also organizes an inaugural STEM essay contest open to high school students with the opportunity to win exciting cash prizes, a microscope, and more. 

Its physics research papers cover topics from   quantum computers  to the   science of snowflakes  written by young adults ages 13–19 . The website has its editorial team that approves each article sent before publishing. This journal comes with a monthly publication schedule available online and printed as a magazine sent to its subscribers around the world! 

8.   Scientific American

Cost : Digital at $39, and Print & Digital: $79 per year.

Scientific American is a popular subscription-based science magazine that makes scientific research accessible to a wide audience, including high school students. Students can find a broad range of topics including physics disciplines like engineering, astrophysics, and more.  Known for its engaging and clear writing style, readers can understand complex topics and cutting-edge research published on this platform. 

For those interested in physics, the magazine offers a wealth of articles on current research and discoveries, such as the   potential engineering hazards posed by high-speed moon dust  and   new observations supporting theories about the formation of the universe’s first black holes.   These diverse and timely articles not only inform but also inspire high school students by showcasing the latest advancements and ongoing debates in the scientific community.

One other option — Lumiere Research Scholar Program!

If you’re interested in pursuing physics research guided by PhD mentors, consider applying to one of the   Lumiere Research Scholar Programs , selective online high school programs for students founded with researchers at Harvard and Oxford. Last year, we had over 4000 students apply for 500 spots in the program! You can find the   application form  here.

Also check out the   Lumiere Research Inclusion Foundation , a non-profit research program for talented, low-income students. Last year, we had 150 students on full need-based financial aid!

Trisha Malhotra, an Ashoka University alumna, has 5 years of experience being a freelance writer and currently writes for Lumiere Education. She is passionate about music, reading, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, as well as a devoted cat parent.

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As public school teachers, we receive students in our classes who show up with varying degrees of interest in reading. Some of our students are passionate readers who will devour anything to set in front of them — from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre to Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak: The Graphic Novel . Other students arrive with an intense distaste for reading and a disposition that actively rejects any sort of reading. In my classes, one of my main goals is to find a way to encourage students who arrive in the later group to discover a love for (or at least a tolerance of) reading. The best way to do this is to find what those students love to read, which can best be done by finding works that are not intimidating and that are related to their interests.

For that reason, I encourage students to read magazine or website articles in my class during independent reading times if they prefer not to read a book. My students have discovered several websites that the love, which I’m recommending below, and I have researched websites that I will share to students when I discover a specific interest of theirs.

Baseball News – Collegiate baseball newspaper

Baseball America – Baseball America is the nation’s leading baseball resource, from the major and minor leagues, to prospects, draft, college and high school.

Basketball Insider – NBA insider information and breaking stories

Basketball Real GM – Focuses on the business side of basketball

Hoops Hype – NBA stories, team information, and NBA rumors

Board Games

Board Game News – What’s happening in the world of board games? Find out at boardgaming.com

Car and Driver – New Cars, 2019 and 2020 Car Reviews, Pictures, and News

Edmunds – New Cars, Used Cars, Car Reviews and Pricing

Cheerleading

Cheer Daily – CheerDaily.com is the Leader in Cheer News and Information for the sport of cheerleading.

Cheer News Network – The world’s leader in cheerleading news.

The Pioneer Woman – Find easy recipes, tips for home design, shopping, entertainment and more.

Simply Recipes – A family cooking and food blog with hundreds of healthy, whole-food recipes for the home cook.

Taste of Home – Search recipes for your favorite desserts, appetizers, main dish recipes, and more. Find an array of easy recipes as well as home cooking tips.

Tasty – The official home of all things Tasty, the world’s largest food network. Search, watch, and cook every single Tasty recipe and video ever – all in one place!

Popular Mechanics – How Your World Works

Drag Racing

Drag Illustrated – Drag Illustrated Magazine – Drag Racing News, Opinion, Interviews, Photos, Videos and More

Drag Zine – Dragzine.com delivers the hard-hitting news and event coverage that hardcore drag racers crave. Updated daily, Dragzine keeps readers up-to-date on the rumors and news from NHRA, ADRL, NMCA, Outlaw, and Drag Radial events, in addition to videos, hardcore tech articles and interviews.

Economics/Finance

CNN Business – the latest business news

The Economist – World News, Economics, Politics, Business & Finance

MarketWatch – Stock market news and financial news

The Motley Fool – Stock investing and stock market research

The Street – Business news, market data, and stock analysis

Agriculture.com – Successful farming news and articles.

Figure Skating

Ice Network – Your home for figure skating and speed skating.

iFigure Skating – Your online Figure Skating resource. Latest updates, interesting articles and more from your favorite sport.

Bass Resource – Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide

Coastal Angler Magazine – Fishing Reports, Forecasts, Tips, News, Gear, Reviews

Sport Fishing Magazine – Saltwater Fishing, Boats, Saltwater Fishing Gear & Tips

Field and Stream – Hunting, Fishing & Survival Tips

Outdoor Life – Hunting, Fishing & Survival Tips

Mixed Martial Arts

MMA News – MMA News is your destination for news, results analysis and more from UFC, Bellator and the world of Mixed Martial Arts.

Rolling Stone – Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage

Rodeo News  – Rodeo News magazine is the number one source for ipra, nlbra, high school, amateur, and youth rodeos internationally. Read online or subscribe for print.

World of Rodeo  – Rodeo News, History, Information , Results and Schedules from around the World Of Rodeo

Atlas Obscura – Definitive guidebook and friendly tour-guide to the world’s most wondrous places. Travel tips, articles, strange facts and unique events.

Chemistry World – Chemistry, covered. Science news, research, reviews, features and opinions. Read Chemistry World to keep up with stories from across the chemical sciences.

National Geographic – Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

Psychology Today – View the latest from the world of psychology: from behavioral research to practical guidance on relationships, mental health and addiction. Find help from our directory of therapists, psychologists and counselors.

Scientific American – Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

Space.com – Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.

Skateboarding

Skate Daily – Skateboarding’s #1 online news source

TransWorld SKATEboarding –  TWS is skateboarding’s authority, it speaks to today’s skateboarder and sets an influential, authentic and authoritative voice within skate media. With the largest reach in skateboarding, TWS unites a global community to promote and inspire positive growth and longevity of the sport.

Fastpitch News – Fastpitch News is your news source for NCAA College Softball news and Club Softball news and information.

Sports Stories

The Players’ Tribune – A sports media company that provides athletes with a platform to connect directly with their fans, in their own words.

Technology News

Ars Technica – Serving the Technologist for more than a decade. IT news, reviews, and analysis.

Futurism – Discover the latest science and technology news and videos on breakthroughs that are shaping the world of tomorrow with Futurism.

PC Mag – Get computer and Internet technology and industry news and in-depth analysis from pcmag.com.

Tech Crunch – TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

Tech Spot – Tech Enthusiasts, Power Users, Gamers

10-4 Magazine – “We at 10-4 strive to publish a magazine that is informative, entertaining and useful to truckers. Our main audience is owner-operators, company drivers and small fleet owners, but our format and style appeals to “truck nuts” of all types.”

Driving Line – Driving Line accelerates automotive passion by providing a fresh angle of what fuels automotive enthusiasts. Our goal is to tell the untold stories from every corner of the car world.

Video Games

IGN – IGN is your site for Xbox One, PS4, PC, Wii-U, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS, PS Vita & iPhone games with expert reviews, news, previews, trailers, cheat codes, wiki guides and walkthroughs.

Game Zone – Get the latest video game news for Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 (PS3), PC gaming, and more — stay on top of all your favorite games with GameZone.

Game Informer – Your source for the latest in video game news, reviews, previews, podcasts, and features.

Smashing Magazine – Smashing Magazine is an online magazine for professional Web designers and developers, with a focus on useful techniques, best practices and valuable resources.

Web Designer Depot – Web Design Resources for Web Designers. We include Photoshop Tutorials, WordPress Plugins, and Web Development tools.

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I am a secondary English Language Arts teacher, a University of Oklahoma student working on my doctorate in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum with an concentration in English Education and co-Editor of the Oklahoma English Journal. I am constantly seeking ways to amplify students' voices and choices.

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Teenagers’ motivation dips in high school. But research shows supportive teachers can really help

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Adolescence is often characterised as a time of “ storm and stress ”.

Young people are dealing with physical and cognitive changes and, as they move from childhood, can become increasingly distant from the adults in their lives.

In academic terms, this time of major hormonal change is also accompanied by a well-known dip in students’ motivation and engagement at school. This often coincides with students’ going to high school.

How can schools better help young people at this time? In a new four-year study we looked at the role of teaching support. We were especially interested to know if teachers’ influence on students’ motivation and engagement grows or fades across the adolescent years.

Read more: Too many Year 9 students are missing school. What can parents and teachers do to keep them engaged?

Our study involved 7,769 Year 6 New South Wales government school students who were tracked annually into Year 9. The students were part of the NSW Department of Education’s annual “Tell Them From Me” student survey .

Students were asked questions about the teaching support they received, as well as questions about their motivation and engagement. They were given a 0–4 point rating scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree).

There were three categories of teaching support:

emotional support : did teachers support and care for students?

instrumental support : did teachers have clear expectations for students and did they make learning content seem relevant?

management support : were there clear rules and routines for the class?

Motivation was measured through students’ academic aspirations about the future and how much they valued school (or saw it as important). Engagement was assessed via students’ perseverance, efforts with homework, making school friends and whether they had any behaviour issues.

In our analysis we also accounted for students’ backgrounds, such as gender, socioeconomic status and prior academic achievement.

Our findings

Our findings confirm there is a decline in students’ motivation and engagement from Year 6 to Year 9 (around 18% in total). This is consistent with the known dip in early- to mid-adolescence.

But we also found in each of these four years, teaching support overall (and each of the three teaching support categories) was significantly associated with students’ motivation and engagement.

That is, more teaching support was linked to greater student aspirations, valuing school, perseverance, homework effort, connections with school friends and less misconduct at school.

Of particular note, we found the link between teaching support and students’ motivation and engagement strengthened each year. For example, teaching support was more strongly linked to students’ motivation and engagement in Year 9 than it was in Year 8. Taken together, between Year 6 and Year 9, there was a 40% increase in the role of teaching support in students’ motivation and engagement.

What this means

This is an empowering finding for teachers because adolescence is typically seen as a time when the influence of adults declines. Our results show students remain within their teacher’s orbit as they move further into adolescence.

What can we do?

Previous research suggests ideas for how teachers can provide emotional support , instructional support , and management support to students, including:

spending time getting to know students

respecting students’ individuality

listening to students’ perspectives

providing emotional encouragement when needed

ensuring content and tasks are interesting and meaningful to students

explaining how schoolwork is useful for other schoolwork, or things outside school (for example, world events or paid work)

having clear, consistent, and logical expectations about classroom behaviour

encouraging student input as classroom rules are developed.

There are also further practical ideas in a NSW Department of Education guide that accompanies our study.

With thanks to Mary Stephan, Anaïd Flesken, Fiona Halcrow and Brianna McCourt from the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, NSW Department of Education. The “Tell Them From Me” survey mentioned in this article is the intellectual property of education resources company, The Learning Bar.

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High schoolers’ mental health shows small improvement in a US government survey

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There are small signs of improvement in the mental health of U.S. teenagers, a government survey released Tuesday said, but the share of students — particularly girls — feeling sad and hopeless remained high.

From 2021 to 2023, the portion of high school students who reported feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness declined from 42% to 40%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report . More than 20,000 students were surveyed at school in the spring of 2023.

Among girls, the percentage reporting persistent sadness or hopelessness fell from 57% to 53%. The share of girls reporting they had seriously considered attempting suicide edged downward from 30% to 27%.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many school activities, increased isolation among youth and may have contributed to the 2021 findings on mental health. But long-term trends also reflect a worsening of mental health among teenagers, particularly girls .

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussions of mental health. If you or someone you know needs help, reach out to the national suicide and crisis lifeline at 988, or the National Alliance on Mental Illness by calling 1-800-950-6264 or texting “NAMI” to 741741.

Social media’s emphasis on appearance and body image contributes to the pressures on girls’ mental health, said Dr. Anisha Abraham of Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

In 2023, 77% of students said they used social media several times a day, with girls more likely than boys to use social media that often. Sixteen percent of high school students said they’d been electronically bullied during the past year through texting, Instagram, Facebook or other social media. Girls and LGBTQ+ students were more likely to report electronic bullying.

“Open conversations at home with caregivers and parents are really important,” Abraham said. Parents who notice teens feeling hopeless or pulling away from normal activities should take those signals seriously and make sure they “get in for counseling or further screening.”

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Minnesota schools answer principals’ calls to ban cellphones in classrooms

Bans at elementary and middle schools face little resistance as the new school year approaches, but teachers and students say life can be more nuanced in high school.

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Students in more Minnesota schools will be asked to ditch their cellphones before entering class this fall, as more districts join the movement to limit distractions, boost learning and improve kids’ mental health.

South Washington County, Rochester, Austin and Wayzata are among the school systems embracing recent guidance from the state’s elementary and secondary principals to have students put their devices “away for the day.”

Teacher Tracy Byrd of Washburn High School in Minneapolis said that strategy has paid off in his classroom in recent years, but comes with some challenges as students adjust.

“You know how adolescents are,” said Byrd, the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year . “They’re figuring, ‘How far can I push this?’ And they walk it back from there.”

The summer rush to phone-free schools has been driven by a new state law requiring districts to establish cellphone policies by March 15, 2025. Some have opted not to wait and have adopted stiff rules offering little flexibility beyond allowing high schoolers to use their phones between classes and at lunch.

Research shows limiting cellphone access can benefit mental health and learning. Nationally, 72% of high school teachers said students being distracted by phones was a “major problem” in classrooms, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina have enacted or are moving toward statewide bans on cellphones during the day. Eight other states, including Minnesota, are urging local districts to adopt restrictive policies.

St. Paul Public Schools now leaves it to individual schools to set their own rules. At Highland Park Senior High School, Principal Winston Tucker and his team have taken aim at the device’s addictive qualities and spelled out their rationale in the school’s summary of cellphone use expectations: “This generation of students is struggling to learn to think and stay busy with just their own thoughts. Managing boredom without tools or toys is an important life skill that we have little opportunity to practice when the phone is always present.”

At Hopkins High School, senior Dallas Downey, a student council member, theater actor and president of the Hopkins Black Student Alliance, said battling boredom is one of many reasons to have a cellphone. He works at the Legal Rights Center teaching young people their rights when interacting with police. Like other students, he has places to go after school, he said, and feels obliged to reply while in school to the latest rumors or reports that may surface on the Hopkins parents’ Facebook page.

“Obviously, we are there to learn, but sometimes there’s downtime in class,” Downey said. “I focus on what I need to do. Self-regulation is important, and I can self-regulate.”

Austin students who responded to a school district survey showed little appetite for a cellphone ban, with just 10% saying the devices shouldn’t be allowed in class, compared with 51% of parents and 81% of staff members.

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This year’s legislation requiring Minnesota districts to set cellphone policies also directed the state’s elementary and secondary school principals’ associations to provide a range of best practices to guide their thinking. The resulting “tool kit,” in the hands of more 2,200 principals by the end of July, suggests that all classrooms be phone-free with few exceptions,

“I think that every school has had a policy around cellphones or some guidelines,” said Bob Driver, executive director of the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals. “We are just taking this to a level of trying to build consistency around the state.”

Anna Tierney, the mother of two daughters in the Bloomington Public Schools who spoke at a recent legislative roundtable on cellphones at school, said districts must keep in mind that “younger children in elementary and middle schools have different developmental needs compared to high schoolers.”

The rules being put in place of late are, indeed, stricter at the elementary and middle school levels.

Rich Updegrove, a social studies teacher at Duluth East High School, said that a year ago his district instructed students to turn off their phones and put them in their lockers or backpacks. But in the end, he said, “it was very clear they were carrying them throughout the day.”

Updegrove has mixed feelings about bans. He said he would prefer students have phones and learn to use them responsibly. He worries that those who are being harassed, and who could use their cameras to document such incidents, may feel less safe without them. But he also sees fewer students with phones out in class.

At Washburn, Byrd said he will “bag and tag” phones the first time he catches students using them, and return them to the kids at the end of the day. The second time, the student will have to talk to their dean. If the problem persists, parents will have to go to school each time to retrieve the phone.

He has engaged in some light banter, too. If students ask about emergency calls from parents, Byrd replies: “They can call the office. We lived for years without these.”

Look up answers to questions? “We’ve given you a district Chromebook.” Check the time? “There’s a clock right here on the wall,” Byrd says.

“For the most part, it’s been pretty good,” Byrd said of the phone-free climate. “We know who the frequent fliers are with their phones, but it’s not a large number by any stretch of the imagination.”

Still, Byrd looks forward to the day when middle school students arrive at high school accustomed to putting away their phones. As a ninth-grade English language arts teacher, he said, it will make his life easier.

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Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.”

But Hackman also has another responsibility: developing students’ literacy skills. She closely reads passages from their textbooks, breaks apart prefixes and suffixes and identifies root words. She dissected the word “intermolecular,” and its prefix, “inter,” connecting it to other words with that same prefix.

Every teacher at her San Diego charter school, Health Sciences High and Middle College , teaches students literacy skills, regardless of the subject. That’s because so many students arrive at the school struggling with basic reading, some scoring at the first- or second-grade level, said Douglas Fisher, a school administrator.

The goal is for high school graduates to attain “reading levels ready for college.”

The school has expected teachers to integrate literacy into their lessons since its 2007 founding. To help them succeed, the school — which last year enrolled about 500 high schoolers , roughly 80% of whom qualified for free or reduced-priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics.

Research suggests that while some students catch up to their peers after one-on-one interventions, a bigger impact may come from embedding reading instruction into other classes, “where these kids spend a majority of their day,” said Jade Wexler, a professor of special education with a focus on adolescent literacy at the University of Maryland.

A handful of school districts and states, including Idaho and Ohio, are starting to explore the approach.

Poor reading skills are a nationwide issue. On the 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress , known as the Nation’s Report Card, nearly 70% of eighth-graders scored below “proficient, ” including 30% who scored below “basic,” roughly the same as California scores.

In the Los Angeles Unified School District, 72% of eighth-graders scored below proficient and 33% below basic in 2022.

“In a typical classroom that’s about 25 kids, that means about 17 are still struggling to comprehend text at the most foundational level,” said Wexler.

That may be due, in part, to larger troubles with literacy instruction. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S. were out of line with evolving research , known as “the science of reading.”

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A wide body of research indicates students need explicit instruction in foundational reading skills, like phonics, in order to be able to recognize and make sense of words on the page. But many schools have also used a rival curriculum called the “whole language” approach, which generally de-emphasizes phonics.

Some high school teachers see the fallout, said Wexler.

“Many students struggle at the secondary level with decoding, typically multisyllabic words, so those longer words that they’re encountering in science text, for example, or in social studies text,” Wexler said. “We also have a lot of our kids that can decode these words at decent levels and with fluency but they still struggle to comprehend the text that they’re reading.”

In recent years, school systems have begun to make changes. Between 2019 and 2022, more than 200 laws to reform reading instruction were enacted in 45 states and the District of Columbia, according to a report by the Albert Shanker Institute.

California passed nine bills related to reading reform in that time, according to the Shanker Institute.

However, a bill to mandate the “science of reading” was tabled during this past legislative session. The California Teachers Assn. opposed the bill, saying it was a “one size fits all approach” that could harm literacy instruction already rooted in the science of reading. Also, the proposal did not meet the needs of English learners.

Some experts and educators worry reading reforms have left older students behind.

Susan B. Neuman, the report’s lead author and an education professor at New York University, said high schools were least affected by the wave of legislation up to 2022.

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“It is mostly targeted on those early grades,” Neuman said. “You could even say that four through sixth grade is left behind a bit.”

Kayla Reist, another author of the Shanker Institute report, said that if states started focusing on high schoolers in reading reform legislation, they would “really have to start talking about teacher preparation programs” and professional development. That’s because many high school teachers finish their training without lessons on how to teach reading, which is typically focused on early grades.

In a 2008 practice guide on improving adolescent literacy, the Institute of Education Sciences, a research institution that is part of the U.S. Department of Education, stated that “many teachers report feeling unprepared to help their students or do not think that teaching reading skills in content-area classes is their responsibility.”

“If you are a science teacher, you want to teach science, you really don’t want to hang out and talk about the academic vocabulary of science,” Neuman said.

While a few states have passed legislation to better prepare teachers of middle and high schoolers in literacy instruction, California is not among them.

In response to questions, the California Department of Education said that a top priority for California Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is an initiative called Reading by Third Grade and Beyond , a plan to ensure all California students learn to read by third grade by 2026.

Wexler, the literacy expert, is researching ways to build a schoolwide literacy model at the secondary level. That might include strategies like the one embraced by Health Sciences High.

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Kimberly Elliot, an instructional coach at the school, said teachers of all subjects are receptive to the literacy training. But the instruction looks different in different classrooms.

“What a close read looks like in a science class might be slightly different than supporting students to break down a mathematics problem,” Elliot said.

While Hackman, the chemistry teacher, spends a lot of class time reading articles, Maggie Fallon, a math teacher, said she primarily supports literacy by teaching students new vocabulary.

“It’s more like figuring out what word equals a mathematical symbol,” Fallon said, explaining that she often asks her students to annotate word problems to derive meaning.

Faiza Omar, who took Hackman’s class last school year as a junior, learned English as a second language and didn’t receive the foundational reading interventions until high school. She said the additional reading review in her main subject classes helped “make sure everyone is on the same page.”

“It gives me understanding of what’s going on,” Omar said.

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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How To Prepare for College: The Ultimate Guide for High School Students

You may not be a high school senior yet or feel like you have plenty of time before you graduate. But it never hurts to start preparing for college early.

Going from being a high school student to a college student is a pivotal transition that requires thoughtful preparation and strategic planning. It's not just about getting into college; it's about being ready to thrive once you're there. This guide aims to demystify the process and put you on a path to success, ensuring that when the time comes, you're not just college-bound but college-ready.

From understanding the significance of your GPA to mastering the art of time management, there are countless ways to enhance your college readiness. This guide will provide actionable steps and insider advice to navigate the college preparation landscape. Whether you're a freshman just starting to think about college or a senior amid application season, there's something here to help everyone get ready for the next big step.

College Prep Steps

Here's a college checklist to follow as you get ready for your freshman year:

Research Colleges You May Be Interested In

Researching potential colleges is the first step in the college preparation journey. Start by identifying what you're looking for in a college experience, including the size of the school, its location, available majors, and campus culture. Utilize college search tools online and visit college campuses, if possible, to get a feel for the environment. Remember, the goal is to find a college that aligns with your academic goals and personal preferences.

Understand Each College’s Admission Requirements

Each college has its own set of criteria, which can include GPA, SAT, or ACT scores, and specific course completions. Start by visiting the college's website or contacting the admissions office to gather this information. Early awareness of these requirements can guide your high school course selection and extracurricular activities.

Take Standardized Tests

Taking standardized tests like the ACT or SAT is a key component of the college application process. These exams are a requirement for many colleges and universities and measure your readiness for college-level work. Begin preparing for these tests well in advance by utilizing study guides, taking practice tests, and considering prep courses. Your scores on these tests can play a significant role in college admission decisions and scholarship opportunities.

Participate In Extracurriculars

Engaging in extracurricular activities not only enriches your high school experience but also strengthens your college applications. Colleges look for students who are well-rounded and have demonstrated commitment and leadership in activities outside of the classroom. Whether it's sports, music, volunteer work, or clubs, find activities that interest you and where you can make a meaningful contribution.

Take a Variety of High School Courses

Diversifying your high school course selection can significantly impact your college readiness. Challenge yourself with Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses if they're available. These classes can offer a taste of college-level coursework and may even earn you college credit. Balancing your course load with a mix of subjects also demonstrates your willingness to push yourself academically.

Save for College

Starting to save for college early is a practical step toward managing the financial responsibilities of higher education. Explore savings options like 529 plans or education savings accounts. Understanding the costs associated with college  early on can help you and your family plan more effectively and reduce the need for student loans.

Attend College Fairs

Attending college fairs and information sessions can provide valuable insights into the college search and application process. These events are great opportunities to meet with admissions officers, ask questions, and collect information about various colleges and universities. Make a list of questions beforehand to make the most of these events.

Talk to Your Guidance Counselor

Consulting with guidance counselors for college opportunities  can offer personalized advice tailored to your academic and career aspirations. School counselors have a wealth of knowledge about college admissions, scholarship opportunities, and other resources. They can help you navigate the college application process and make informed decisions about your future.

Round Up Application Materials

Preparing application materials and recommendation letters well in advance of deadlines is essential. Start drafting your college essays early, giving yourself plenty of time to revise and perfect them. Reach out to teachers, coaches, or mentors who know you well to request letters of recommendation, providing them with enough time to write thoughtful endorsements.

Consider Financial Aid Options

Exploring financial aid options is a critical step in the college preparation process. Research scholarships, grants, work-study programs, and federal student aid to understand what financial support you may be eligible for. Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a necessary step for accessing federal grants, loans, and work-study funds.

Visit Campus If Possible

Visiting college campuses can give you a firsthand look at what life is like on campus. These visits can help you determine if a college is the right fit for you. Take tours, attend information sessions, and if possible, talk to current students about their experiences. Observing the campus culture, academic facilities, and housing options  can provide valuable insights into your potential college life.

Tips for Preparing for College

Even with a step-by-step guide, preparing both mentally and physically for school can be a bit overwhelming. To help you feel ready for this next step, here are some tips to follow:

Stay Organized

Creating a timeline and checklist can significantly ease the college preparation process. Break down tasks by year or semester to manage your time effectively. Include key deadlines for college applications, financial aid submissions, and standardized tests. This approach ensures you stay on track and can make the journey less overwhelming. Regularly updating and referring to your checklist will help you meet your college prep milestones with confidence.

Build Good Study Habits

Establishing strong study and sleep habits early in your high school career can have a profound impact on your college readiness. Effective study techniques, such as time management and active learning, can improve your academic performance and reduce stress. Prioritizing sleep is equally important, as it affects your memory, mood, and overall health. Developing these habits now will prepare you for the rigors of college coursework and help you maintain a balanced student life  between school and personal life.

Take AP or Dual-Credit Courses

Enrolling in AP or dual-credit courses can provide a head start on earning college credits while still in high school. These courses challenge you academically and expose you to college-level material. Completing AP exams or dual-credit classes can reduce your college course load and potentially save on tuition costs. It's a smart way to get a jump on your college education and familiarize yourself with the expectations of higher education.

Practice Your Writing

Writing is a fundamental part of college coursework, from essays to research papers. High school is the perfect time to hone your writing abilities. Take advantage of English classes, writing workshops, and feedback from teachers to improve your clarity, coherence, and argumentation skills. Strong writing can also enhance your college applications, particularly your personal statement and supplemental essays.

Build Your Leadership Skills

Seeking leadership opportunities in extracurricular activities can set you apart in the college application process. Leadership roles demonstrate initiative, responsibility, and the ability to work with others. Whether it's captaining a sports team, leading a club, or organizing community service projects, these experiences can highlight your leadership skills and commitment to making a positive impact.

Ready To Start Your Education?

Discover the transformative education at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS), where students are prepared for a future in healthcare and life sciences. MCPHS offers a unique blend of rigorous academic programs and hands-on learning experiences, guided by experienced staff committed to your success. From day one, you'll be immersed in a culture of innovation and collaboration, setting the stage for a fulfilling career in the healthcare industry.

Whether it's through internships, clinical rotations, or research projects, you'll have the chance to apply what you've learned in real-world settings, guided by faculty who are leaders in their fields.

Our campus is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, a hub of healthcare, research, and education. The vibrant MCPHS campus is surrounded by some of the world's leading hospitals and research institutions, offering unparalleled opportunities for professional development and networking. You'll be part of a dynamic community of scholars and healthcare professionals, all dedicated to improving lives through innovation and care.

Our supportive community and extensive resources are here to help you achieve your goals and make a meaningful impact in the world of healthcare. Start your application today  and take the first step toward a rewarding career that makes a difference.

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