Case Study: East Orange School District fills curriculum gaps and boosts student engagement with Newsela Social Studies

East Orange School District engages 10,000 students with Newsela Social Studies

East Orange School District, a New Jersey district serving 10,000 students, faced the challenge of finding engaging and accessible social studies content to fill gaps in its core curriculum. The district needed to reduce the time teachers spent searching for resources. To address this, they turned to Newsela and its Newsela Social Studies product.

The solution implemented by Newsela involved establishing a clear weekly routine where students read one to two Newsela Social Studies articles and completed accompanying activities. This provided teachers with a single source for relevant, differentiated nonfiction content. The impact was increased student engagement, as teachers used timely content to build connections between past and present events and support rich classroom conversations.

East Orange School District