Newstopia

Newstopia provides special educators with engaging instructional materials to increase background knowledge and knowledge of the world for students receiving special education services. This program includes curated and customized weekly news articles, discussion guides, corresponding videos and rich media tailored for students with complex learning needs provided in an online format for educators.  Lessons and activities are engaging, capture students’ attention and connect classrooms to the world.

Teachers access short news articles for students in grades 3-12+ with rich media including slides and videos. The font size for each article can be modified by the educator and a shared reading lesson is provided in an anchor, read, apply format to activate background knowledge and class discussion. The nonfiction articles provided cover a wide range of subjects including science news for students.