What makes NewsCurrents Online different from the other current events programs available?
Other programs merely report the headlines or topics they feel are important. At NewsCurrents Online, we give you the background to fully explain today’s headlines to your students. Who really understands the ins and outs of the budget debate? Or why the stock market is on an apparently endless ride upward? Or what’s really going on in Northern Ireland? The editors of NewsCurrents Online do. And we explain the background behind today’s headlines to make sure your students understand, too. We’ve found that this time-tested method provides distinct advantages over other programs. For one thing, students are more interested in the news when they understand what’s going on. Again and again, teachers tell us that their kids begin to read the newspaper and follow the news on their own once they begin using NewsCurrents Online. Conversely, providing the background behind today’s headlines gives a current, relevant context to the lessons you want to teach on economics, history, geography, scie
