The New York Times Upfront
GRADES 9–12

The New York Times Upfront

Gets teens talking about today's biggest news stories.

  • 7 issues per student
  • Print & digital resources
  • Robust online archive

$5.99 per student

District and school-wide volume discounts

Bring the World into Your Classroom

Make the news matter to your students with the #1 current events and social studies resource for teens. Upfront inspires meaningful reading, thinking, and discussion, so learners engage with your curriculum and their world.

Turn Amazing Stories into Extraordinary Lessons

It's already done for you! Ready-to-go teaching kits come with every text for instant, high-interest lessons. Check out our comprehensive suite of multimedia teaching tools that elevate instruction.
  • Engaging Nonfiction

    Share age-appropriate texts on any device. Listen to read-aloud audio.
  • Real-World Videos

    Introduce and extend lessons while growing background knowledge.
  • Skills Activities

    Reinforce social studies and ELA skills with activity sheets.
  • Resource Archive

    Access 100s of texts, videos, and more—searchable by topic.

  • Get Time-Saving Teacher Support

    Optimize planning and teaching with step-by-step lesson plans, a pacing guide, and more. All this support means implementation is easy!

  • Try a Free Digital Sample

    Read stories. Watch videos. Browse activities. And more! Give it a try in your classroom.
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  • Meet Your Academic Standards

    Raise student achievement by aligning lessons to instructional goals. With built-in correlations to state and national standards, you'll stay on track all year.
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  • Align Our Topics to Your Instruction

    Get the right texts at the right time sent right to you. Look at our 2024–25 calendar. Your curriculum, our content—it's the perfect match!
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  • Contact Sales

    Get complimentary print samples, a live online demo, or a quote. Just ask—we'll be right with you!
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  • Build Essential Skills

    Help every student succeed through motivating skills practice leading to grade-level mastery. With activity pages, writing support, and more, build skills in the following areas:

    • Text Analysis

    • Social Studies and History

    • Language Development

    • Writing

    • Research

    • Test Preparation
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Reach Every Learner with Differentiation

Meet students where they are—and take them where they need to be. Use multiple reading levels, a text-to-speech audio feature, closed-captioned videos, assessments, and more. Differentiate with a click!

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