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Impact Research Intern - Summer 2026
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Job Description
- Req#: 7702405
- You will be a creative problem-solver who brings both statistical rigor and an investigative mindset to messy, real-world data.
- You won't just run analyses; you'll use your technical grit and storytelling skills to develop compelling reports that uncover how and why Newsela helps kids learn.
- Graduate-level research experience in one of the following fields: learning analytics / educational data mining, education, psychology, communications, child development, or cognitive science
- Fully fluent in R for statistical analysis and data visualization (especially tidyverse)
- Fundamental statistics knowledge and skills
- Basic experience with querying in SQL
- Background or interest in educational research
- Familiarity with markdown syntax (e.g., Rmarkdown)
- Experience preparing data visualizations for audiences with varying data literacy
- Experience with multilevel/hierarchical modeling
- The internship is fully remote, with a schedule of either 30 hours per week for 8 weeks or 20 hours per week for 12 weeks. The ideal start date is June 1, although this can be flexible for the right candidate. Total compensation will be based on hours worked at a rate of $35/hour.
Why You'll Love This Role:
As an intern on Newsela's Research team, you will partner with our Principal Research Scientist to investigate and document our impact on student learning. 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.
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Compensation Details
Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.
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Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate's individual skills, qualifications, and experience.
Base Compensation Range
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