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How to Search for Content on Newsela

June 1, 2026

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Find relevant classroom content with Newsela search

Learn how to use search filters to find texts and multimedia, review content for your lessons, and create assignments for students.

What to Watch For

1 How can teachers search for content in Newsela? Enter a topic or keyword in the search tool to find relevant texts, videos, and multimedia for your classroom.
2 Which filters help narrow search results? Filter by language, reading level, maturity level, instructional feature, standard, or topic. Newsela ELA also offers filters for reading skills assessed in standards-aligned quizzes.
3 What can teachers do after finding content? Open content to review and customize it for your lesson, choose assignment options, and save a draft or create an assignment.