CURRENT EVENTS

Sites and Sources for News

Use the links below to find current, accurate news from around the world on the Web.

News just for middle schoolers.

http://tweentribune.com/category/tween78/

New York Times Current Events

New York Times Current Events Conversations

New York Times Upfront

THE FULL ISSUE IS AVAILABLE IN PRINT IN THE RDMS LIBRARY.

A selection of articles from this public affairs magazine for students interested in government, history, economics, sociology and world affairs. Published by The New York Times 14 times during each school year.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/index.asp

CNN 10 - News Explained in 10 Minutes

https://www.cnn.com/cnn10   

New York Times Student Connections

NY Times Learning Network for students in grades 6-12

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/index.html

PBS: NewsHour Extra for Students

The Public Broadcasting Service TV news program special page for students

Time for Kids

Scholastic News

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&Ns=Pub_Date_Sort|1&CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&TopicValue=Scholastic%20News

National Geographic for Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/

Current Events  sites

Google News

http://www.google.com/news

Wikipedia Portal: Current Events

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events

Major News Organizations online

http://www.npr.org/

ABC News Online

http://abcnews.go.com/

Time Magazine Online

http://www.time.com/time/

Newsweek Magazine Online

http://www.newsweek.com/id/38584

Specialized News

For the latest news, articles and current events in biology

http://www.biologynews.net/   

Geology News: Earth Science Current Events

For the latest news in Earth science

http://geology.com/news/

ESPN Worldwide

News from the world of sports

http://espn.go.com/