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Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Texts are published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, more than 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that’s accessible to everyone, aligned to standards, and attached to activities and reporting that provide visibility into what students are learning and how teachers are leveraging the content in instruction. With more than 15,000 texts and 10 new texts published daily across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any topic they choose. read more
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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
108
TOTAL
RATINGS
3099

Newsela Company Culture

Newsela Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
Choice Employer
A+
4.9/5

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Newsela CEO

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Pep Carrera Newsela's CEO
Pep Carrera
85 /100

Mission, Vision, & Values

Our mission is meaningful classroom learning for every student. We’re an edtech company that brings together digital content with integrated assessments and insights. The result is more engaged readers—and engaged readers are better learners.

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Newsela Culture At a Glance

Newsela has 476 employees. 108 employees at Newsela have reviewed Newsela across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 108 Newsela employees give their leadership a grade of A+, or Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Newsela are pleased with their total compensation at Newsela, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Newsela are extremely happy with their team. 108 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A+. The majority believe the meetings at Newsela are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Newsela believe the environment at Newsela is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Newsela is comfortably fast. About 68% of the employees at Newsela work 8 hours or less.

Overall, the employees at Newsela are extremely happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
Newsela employees generally work 8.7 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Newsela report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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98% of Newsela employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Newsela employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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93% of Newsela employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Newsela employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
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99% of Newsela employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Newsela applied for 5 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Newsela has a total of 476 employees

5
Total Applied
  • 100% Granted (5 out of 5)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 5)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 5)
  • 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 5)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Newsela

top 20% Gender

Newsela currently ranks in the Top 20% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Newsela

top 10% Diversity

Newsela currently ranks in the Top 10% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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72
eNPS Score
77%Promoters
18%Passives
5%Detractors

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