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New York Times: Student Connections WebsiteNew York Times: Student Connections Website
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New York Times
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9th - 10th
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New York Times: Student Connections

Curated by ACT

A special section of the New York Times caters to Middle and High School students. Provides a news quiz, word of the day, news summaries, and other features such as student letters to the editor.

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current events, the new york times

Additional Tags

current events news, current events stories, news for students, student news, teen news, the new york times learning network

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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