NLP Annual Report FY20 - Flipbook - Page 19
A future founded on facts
2008
2016
2020
2022
The News
Literacy Project
is founded.
Checkology launches.
Checkology paywall
removed.
20,000 educators use
news literacy resources
to reach an estimated 3
million students annually
(10% of middle and high
school students in the
U.S.).
Educator outreach
success team created to
help schools adopt news
literacy programs.
News literacy resources
expanded for all ages!
Looking ahead
In early 2020, NLP recognized that to achieve our goals of seeing news literacy embedded in the
American education system and ensuring equitable access to resources and tools for people of all
ages, we had to expand our mission. This prompted several efforts for the second half of our fiscal
year, including how to permanently remove the paywall for Checkology (which we implemented sooner
than anticipated with the onset of school closures in March), how to create a modified version of
Checkology for the general public, and how to identify other resources to create and promote our work
across audiences.
Since eliminating the paywall for Checkology on Aug. 10, and with the work of the new educator outreach
and success team, we have seen an astounding increase in active users compared to the same time last
year. These numbers continue to grow even with the uncertainties that this school year brings.
Checkology usage two months into the school year
Oct. 31, 2019
169 active educators
7,827 students
Oct. 31, 2020
1,197 active educators
36,571 students
608% educator growth
Looking Ahead
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