These current events sources have been approved by Mrs. Tourtelot. They are all reliable sources. If you want to use a different website, be sure to vet it using Mrs. T's 4 W's Checklist.
Excellent news source for students. Sign in with Google: Click SIGN IN then choose GOOGLE and login in with your school Google account (first initial+last name@rondout.k12.ny.us and then your password).
Colorful, kid-friendly news articles from around the world, including lots of good news.
Independent, not-for-profit news organization based in the United States.
News written in a way you can understand. From Time, a trusted and respected news magazine.
Reliable, unbiased news articles from one of the largest news agencies in the world.
Very short news articles written by respected journalists. The focus is on quick facts, not opinions.
Kids' section of the Canadian Broadcasting Company's news site, the most respected news source in Canada.
News for young people, with a focus on the environment.
Daily 9-minute video news show for students, from Carl Azuz, the former host of CNN10.
Daily 10-minute video news show for students.
Thoughtful videos for students on timely topics such as "Are Video Games Really Making Us More Violent?" and "Is the Internet Making You Meaner?"
Designed to help young people make sense of the news, this is from the BBC, a respected news outlet based in England.
The student news sites listed above contain plenty of good news! But if you're looking for a website that publishes only inspiring, positive news, try one of these...
The good news section of Newsela, an excellent news source for students. Click SIGN IN then choose GOOGLE and login in with your school Google account (first initial+last name@rondout.k12.ny.us and then your password).
Well respected and trusted site, this is the most popular good news site on the website. Check out their section of good news about kids.
This site gathers good news stories from around the web in one place. Be sure to click through to the original article to see where it came from.
Positive news brought to you by NBC's The Today Show.
Use these reliable fact-checking sites to find out if a story you read online or heard about is real news or fake news. Want to see how good you are spotting fake posts online? Click here to test yourself!
Updated daily, this reliable news sources fact-checks rumors and misinformation, especially stories that are circulating on social media.
Updated daily, this reliable news source fact-checks rumors and misinformation.
Snopes is super fun to browse, as it covers lots of weird and wacky stories, but it also does serious fact-checking about serious topics. Snopes has been around forever, and is the original online fact-checking tool.
Browse or search the latest topics in fake and real news, and then watch a video giving you the lowdown.
Not Real News: A Look at What Didn't Happen This Week
Weekly fact-checking report by AP News (a reliable, unbiased source for current events).
This fact-check search engine lets you quickly check the latest online rumors about any topic or person.
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this is one of the oldest and most respected sites for fact-checking the latest news.
Lead Stories specializes in debunking social media rumors and AI-generated fake videos and images.
The go-to site for fact-checking political news. Check out the Truth-O-Meter, which rates claims on a sliding scale from “true” to “pants on fire”!
The highly respected British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) does a deep dive into trends, rumors, and disputed or controversial news stories.
Wikipedia's Reliable Sources List
If you're not sure whether you can trust something you read online, find out here if the source is trustworthy. Green means good to go -- it's a reliable source!
Use these websites to make sure you're getting both sides of a new story before making up your mind!
Can you spot the fake photos? Learn how to think critically about what you see online.
This website helps you detect bias in the news. For all the top news of the day, they have links to three different "sides" of the story -- from the left, from the right, and from the center. Read all three before you make up your mind!
Reliable articles on current social issues, presenting various perspectives on each topic.
This site will help you see both sides of an issue, even if you think you already know.
Like ThePerspective.com, this nonprofit, unbiased site can help you look at both sides of controversial topics.
This interactive chart ranks more than 100 news sources by political bias (left vs. right) and reliability (facts vs. fake).
Wikipedia's Reliable Sources List
If you're not sure whether you can trust something you read online, find out here if the source is trustworthy. Green means good to go -- it's a reliable source!