Newsela Writing follows industry standards to ensure student privacy and complies with regulations such as FERPA, COPPA, and state student data privacy laws. Our collection and use of student data is governed by these laws as well as by our contracts with schools. For more information on student privacy, please refer to Newsela’s privacy policy.

No, student work submitted to Newsela Writing is not used to train or build our language models. We do, however, use student work to fine-tune specific sentence classifiers (e.g., background or evidence classifiers), but these classifiers do not store or "remember" student work. Instead, they learn rules to identify sentence types based on essays, ensuring student work remains secure.

Newsela Writing utilizes AI to assist educators and students in providing real-time feedback and insights into student writing. Our AI is designed with student privacy and safety as a top priority. It does not store any personally identifiable information, nor does it make decisions that could impact student privacy.

The AI engine in Newsela Writing follows strict data protection protocols that align with industry standards. Additionally, if you’d like more information on how Newsela handles student data, you can refer to our Newsela Privacy Policy.

For further technical details or to ensure compliance with your school’s policies, please feel free to reach out, and we’ll be happy to provide additional resources.