Shape of Headline.

For schools

The newspaper, reshaped into one piece students actually finish.

Shape of Headline turns daily reading into a habit — and hands you the proof that each student read and understood, not just opened.

Built for the daily-reading mandate· DPDP-compliant·Teacher dashboard included

A full newspaper — overwhelming, skimmed, forgotten by lunch.

Science

How telescopes find planets we can never see

When a planet crosses in front of its star, the star dims by about one percent — a tiny, repeating flicker that reveals a whole new world.

In your own words, what was this about?
The star gets a little darker each time…
🔥 6-day streak ✓ Understood

One piece a day — read, put in their own words, understood.

The problem

Students are told to read the news.
Only a few do.

The mandate is on paper. The habit isn’t — and no one can prove otherwise.

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The newspaper reaches the library — and a handful of students glance at the front page on the way past.
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Reels win the attention war. Long text feels like a chore; focus keeps shrinking.
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Even willing students skim. They read the headline, remember nothing by lunch.
“Read the news” becomes a box no one can actually tick — you can’t see who read and who just said they did.
How it works

A few pieces a day.

The whole routine takes a student a few minutes — and every step leaves a trace you can see.

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Pick

The student opens today’s shelf and picks a few short pieces from across news categories.

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Read & retell

They read each one, then write what they understood — in their own words, not copied.

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Get checked

An AI reader weighs each summary and asks one question only someone who truly read it could answer.

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Keep the streak

Every verified read grows their streak — and lands on your dashboard as proof they read and understood.

Why schools choose it

Not another reading app.
A way to see reading happen.

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Proof, not just reading

A dashboard showing who read, when, and whether they actually understood — class by class.

Understanding, not delivery

Students prove comprehension in their own words. No copy-paste, no AI writing it for them.

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Safe, curated content

You read from a controlled pool, banded for Classes 5–12. Nothing unsuitable reaches a young reader.

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A habit, not an event

Daily streaks turn “read the news” from a one-off instruction into something students keep doing.

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Made for the mandate

The daily-reading requirement — finally with real evidence behind it, not just a circular on a noticeboard.

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Nothing to install

A link and a school code. Students start the same day — no setup, no devices to manage.

Built for schools & families

Safe by design.

Every choice here starts from the fact that the readers are minors.

DPDP-compliant
Verifiable parental consent before a student can begin — recorded, with an audit trail.
Teacher-visible
Teachers see reading activity and proof — nothing about a child is hidden from the school.
Age-appropriate
Content banded for Classes 5–12, with a gentler bar for younger readers and a higher one for seniors.
Minimal data
We collect only what the reading habit needs — nothing sold, nothing spare.

Bring a real reading habit to your school.

Start a free pilot with one class. See the dashboard fill with proof — then decide.

Request a pilot
Free pilot · no setup · students start the same day