Support Family Literacy with Current Events
The Juice’s interactive platform improves reading comprehension while broadening awareness of important events in the news.
Libraries include The Juice as part of their teen collections to support adult and adolescent information literacy. The daily current events articles spark curiosity, instill a love of reading, and engage diverse groups of learners in conversations around a common text.
Support Family Literacy with Current Events
The Juice’s interactive platform improves reading comprehension while broadening awareness of important events in the news.
Libraries include The Juice as part of their teen collections to support adult and adolescent literacy. The daily current event stories spark curiosity, instill a love of reading, and engage diverse groups of learners in conversations around a common text.
A Solution to Support Your Library Initiatives
- Promote Accessibility
Self-leveled content allows individuals with different reading abilities to engage with current events articles, catering to a wider audience within the community.
- Serve Non-English Speakers
Patrons can familiarize themselves with English and see side-by-side translations of the text in their native language while keeping themselves informed about important world events.
- Provide Reliable Political Information
The Juice provides access to reliable information in a digestible format to support understanding of complex political topics and ensure all patrons can make informed voting decisions.
- Support Literacy Programming
The Juice can serve as an additional resource for educators, parents, and learners to improve nonfiction literacy skills by offering current events articles adjusted to different reading abilities and data to track performance.
Key Benefits
Improved Reading Comprehension
Relevant and high-interest nonfiction articles harness curiosity about their world. All articles contain comprehension questions that provide real-time feedback to readers.
Originally Produced Content
Our team creates original current events articles that are accessible to high school, middle school, and elementary students. We have no political position or agenda so teachers can be confident our content is appropriate for the library.
Civic Awareness
Readers learn about the implications of current events on society, politics, and the world. Stories of personal heroism, altruism, and generosity inspire students to become better citizens.
Broadened Knowledge
Readers better understand the world around them and develop background knowledge across a variety of subject areas, from economics, geography, history, art, and STEM.