The Day (website)

The Day turns the news into lessons for young people. It helps schools teach critical thinking, real-world knowledge and civic engagement to students at primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom and internationally. The articles, posters, quizzes and videos link to national curriculums and encourage pupils to debate and engage with the wider world.[1]

The Day
TypeChildren's daily online newspaper
Founder(s)Richard Addis
Founded2011
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Websitehttps://theday.co.uk
The Day's founder, Richard Addis, with winners of the Global Young Journalist award.

The Day was founded in 2011 by the British journalist Richard Addis and by 2023 had 900 subscribing schools.[2]

The Day is published by The Day News & Media. It has no advertisements. The first story was published on 6 January 2011, titled "Terrible floods in Australia bring ruin and snakes."

In 2015, The Day launched its sister publication, News Detectives (formerly The Day Explorer) for primary school students. The first story was published on 13 April, titled "Cornish people declared a national minority".

The Day offers a free newsletter to parents, called The Day Home.[3] It includes a daily round up of news and current affairs topics to discuss with children.[4]

In July 2020, the website apologised and paid an undisclosed amount to author JK Rowling for an article that implied that she was transphobic and should be boycotted.[5]

The Day's partners

The Day works hand-in-hand with like-minded organisations to make a genuine difference to education. Partnerships include:

Educational usage

In 2021, The Day became a business signatory on the National Literacy Trust's Vision for Literacy pledge.

References
  1. Exley, Stephen, (2011-04-01), TES. In the news - Richard Addis
  2. Guttenplan, DD, (2013-06-23), New York Times. Explaining the issues behind the news
  3. "The Day Home". The Day. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  4. "Child-friendly news". the Guardian. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  5. Waterson, Jim (23 July 2020). "Children's news website apologises to JK Rowling over trans tweet row". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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