Top 5 Stories of 2025

In 2025, these five stories became our most-read articles, with students returning to them again and again.

All these News-O-Matic articles are available at five Lexile levels and in six different languages.

Explore a silly phrase making kids go crazy.

(Lexile Level 570)

A Netflix movie and its music become famous around the globe.

(Lexile Level 750)

A black hole in the middle of the Milky Way is always shooting out light.

(Lexile Level 890)

The first soccer player joins the list of the world’s billionaires.

(Lexile Level 720)

A Texas company re-creates an extinct animal.

(Lexile Level 940)

Why it matters?

Students want engaging, age-appropriate nonfiction they care about.

When they get it, they read more, build literacy and global awareness, and keep coming back.

That’s what News-O-Matic delivers every day.

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