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CNN Student News “is designed with this goal in mind: To help educators and students keep pace with the world’s volatile and ever-changing geographic, scientific and political landscapes. This educational website fills a growing need for lesson-related news and information by revealing the ways in which current news and events shape the future and affect our lives.CNN Student News is a dual-focused educational website designed to address both educator and student needs. In order to address both audiences, two distinct areas have been created - one for the educator, one for the student.

This site will provide educators with instructional resources, links, collaboration tools and professional development opportunities. Posted lessons and activities will assist the teacher in efforts to integrate current events and stories into the context of various instructional areas, which are closely matched to classroom activities, lessons and curriculum standards.CNN Student News will offer a broad range of professional development resources for teachers, including daily education news, information on upcoming conferences and a community section for teacher exchange, including message boards, polls and a journal with links to valuable websites.For students, the site provides multimedia news stories about U.S. and world events as well as features on popular topics such as sports, entertainment and science & technology.Other assets for students include a rich homework resource center, career and college resources, online forums and bulletin boards, and a forum for opinion and expression in bulletin boards and polls. The content is compelling with a serious, yet age-appropriate approach to news and information that encourages students to use the site at school and at home.”