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The New York Times Upfront
GRADES 9–12

The New York Times Upfront

Get students talking and thinking critically about U.S. and world events

  • 11 magazines (includes World Affairs issue) for each student
  • Teaching Guides for every issue
  • Access to past issue archive

$9.99 per student

District and school-wide volume discounts

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    Read stories. Watch videos. Browse activities. And more! Give it a try in your classroom.
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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!

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    NEW! Strengthen student achievement in key assessment areas. Easily search and discover content with our correlations to your standards.
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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 2025–26 calendar. Your curriculum, our content—it's the perfect match!
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  • Meet Our Team

    The New York Times Upfront is supported by a talented group of editors, video producers, photo researchers, and current classroom teachers.
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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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