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Impact Research Intern (Summer 2025)

Newsela
Raleigh, NC Remote Intern
POSTED ON 3/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/26/2025

The role:

  • As an intern on Newsela’s Research Team, you will partner closely with the Lead Research Analyst to help investigate and document Newsela’s educational effectiveness.
  • You will leverage your statistical and technical expertise to conduct quantitative research on student outcomes.
  • You will also use your data visualization and communication skills to develop reports that showcase how Newsela helps kids achieve.
  • This role is a great opportunity for a current graduate student or early-career researcher to apply and develop their technical and science communication skills in an industry setting while answering questions that have real-world implications for students across the United States.

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Graduate-level research experience in one of the following fields: learning analytics / educational data mining, education, psychology, communications, child development, or cognitive science
  • Fluency using R for statistical analysis and data visualization (especially tidyverse)
  • Fundamental statistics knowledge and skills
  • Strong data visualization skills (ggplot2)
  • Background or interest in educational research
  • Core values including impact, learning, integrity, empowerment, diversity, passion, and selflessness

 

Bonus Points For:

  • Familiarity with markdown syntax (e.g., Rmarkdown)
  • Familiarity with SQL
  • Experience preparing data visualizations for audiences with varying data literacy
  • Experience with multilevel/hierarchical modeling

 

Position Details

The internship is fully remote and part-time (20 hours per week) with a duration of 12 weeks (to take place between May and September 2025; specific start and end dates are flexible). Total compensation will be based on hours worked at a rate of $35/hour. 

 

About Newsela

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from 100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

 

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