{"id":21860,"date":"2025-09-17T05:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=21860"},"modified":"2025-09-17T05:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:16:09","slug":"the-atlantic-gives-free-digital-access-to-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=21860","title":{"rendered":"The Atlantic Gives Free Digital Access to High Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Starting today, <em>The Atlantic<\/em> is offering every public high school in the United States free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive. All public high schools and districts can register with <em>The Atlantic<\/em> to give their students, teachers, and administrators unlimited access to TheAtlantic.com while on campus at no cost: all articles, full magazine issues, podcasts and audio articles, <em>Atlantic<\/em> Games, and the complete archive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\"><em>The Atlantic<\/em> is already widely used as a teaching resource and read by millions of educators and students\u2013\u2013and its archive contains landmark essays from many of history\u2019s greatest writers and thinkers. This new offering removes financial and technical barriers for public high schools and introduces <em>The Atlantic<\/em>\u2019s journalism to new generations of readers. Since launching an academic group subscription in July 2023, <em>The Atlantic<\/em> has enrolled more than 200 colleges, universities, and high schools in this program, reaching more than 1.2 million readers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s critical for as many students and educators as possible to have access to informed, independent, fact-based journalism,\u201d said Megha Garibaldi, the chief growth officer of <em>The Atlantic<\/em>. \u201cAn informed citizenry is essential to our democracy. As we continue to grow <em>The Atlantic<\/em>, and the resource-intensive reporting and writing we publish, we want to ensure it\u2019s available to new generations of readers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\"><em>The Atlantic<\/em> has been significantly expanding its journalism and reach in the past decade. This year alone, <em>The Atlantic<\/em> has added nearly 50 journalists to its staff; launched broader coverage of defense, national security, technology, health, and science; began publishing two more print issues annually; and introduced a Games hub. It has a record number of subscriptions\u2014more than 1.3 million\u2014after many years of continuous and dramatic subscription growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\">Key details about eligibility and how to request access are below and at our high-school access page:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Open to all U.S. public high schools or districts (includes comprehensive, magnet, charter, and specialized schools).<\/li>\n<li>Schools may register for access at <em>The Atlantic<\/em>. The request must be submitted by either an administrator, librarian, or IT professional at the school.<\/li>\n<li>Access will be authenticated by IP address, giving students and staff access on browsers connected to a school\u2019s Wi-Fi network. No individual accounts are required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ArticleParagraph_root__4mszW\" data-flatplan-paragraph=\"true\"><strong>Press contacts<\/strong>: Anna Bross and Paul Jackson, <em>The Atlantic<\/em> | <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"12626077616152667a7773667e737c667b713c717d7f\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting today, The Atlantic is offering every public high school in the United States free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive. 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