diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/NewsItemDao.java b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/NewsItemDao.java
index 5691a6e7ee..b3d71a4367 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/NewsItemDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/NewsItemDao.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import org.wise.portal.dao.SimpleDao;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsItem;
+import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsType;
 
 /**
  * @author Patrick Lawler
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@
  */
 public interface NewsItemDao<T extends NewsItem> extends SimpleDao<NewsItem> {
 
-  List<NewsItem> getListByType(String type);
+  List<NewsItem> getNewsPageNews(NewsType type);
 
+  List<NewsItem> getHomePageNews(NewsType type);
+
+  List<NewsItem> getAllNews();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDao.java b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDao.java
index 464a31da18..d8da555785 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDao.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.wise.portal.dao.impl.AbstractHibernateDao;
 import org.wise.portal.dao.newsitem.NewsItemDao;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsItem;
+import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsType;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.impl.NewsItemImpl;
 
 /**
@@ -49,14 +50,36 @@ protected Class<NewsItemImpl> getDataObjectClass() {
   }
 
   @Override
+  public List<NewsItem> getNewsPageNews(NewsType type) {
+    return getLatestNews(false, type);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<NewsItem> getHomePageNews(NewsType type) {
+    return getLatestNews(true, type);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<NewsItem> getAllNews() {
+    return getLatestNews(false, NewsType.PUBLIC_AND_TEACHER);
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  public List<NewsItem> getListByType(String type) {
+  private List<NewsItem> getLatestNews(boolean limitQuery, NewsType type) {
     CriteriaBuilder cb = getCriteriaBuilder();
     CriteriaQuery<NewsItemImpl> cq = cb.createQuery(NewsItemImpl.class);
     Root<NewsItemImpl> newsItemRoot = cq.from(NewsItemImpl.class);
-    cq.select(newsItemRoot).where(cb.equal(newsItemRoot.get("type"), type))
-        .orderBy(cb.desc(newsItemRoot.get("id")));
+
+    cq.select(newsItemRoot);
+    if (type.equals(NewsType.PUBLIC_ONLY)) {
+      cq.where(cb.equal(newsItemRoot.get("type"), "public"));
+    }
+    cq.orderBy(cb.desc(newsItemRoot.get("id")));
+
     TypedQuery<NewsItemImpl> query = entityManager.createQuery(cq);
+    if (limitQuery) {
+      query.setMaxResults(3);
+    }
     return (List<NewsItem>) (Object) query.getResultList();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/domain/newsitem/NewsType.java b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/domain/newsitem/NewsType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f834e576d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/domain/newsitem/NewsType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem;
+
+public enum NewsType {
+  PUBLIC_ONLY, PUBLIC_AND_TEACHER;
+
+  public static NewsType stringToNewsType(String type) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    return switch (type) {
+      case "publicOnly" -> PUBLIC_ONLY;
+      case "publicAndTeacher" -> PUBLIC_AND_TEACHER;
+      default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid news type: " + type);
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/domain/newsitem/impl/NewsItemImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/domain/newsitem/impl/NewsItemImpl.java
index 1b0a5b7166..b9bdc1567e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/domain/newsitem/impl/NewsItemImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/domain/newsitem/impl/NewsItemImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 package org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.impl;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 import javax.persistence.Column;
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
 @Table(name = NewsItemImpl.DATA_STORE_NAME)
 @Getter
 @Setter
-public class NewsItemImpl implements NewsItem, Comparable<NewsItem> {
+public class NewsItemImpl implements NewsItem, Comparable<NewsItem>, Serializable {
 
   @Transient
   public static final String DATA_STORE_NAME = "newsitem";
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/presentation/web/controllers/news/NewsAPIController.java b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/presentation/web/controllers/news/NewsAPIController.java
index cf7df012bd..fa8c04382a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/presentation/web/controllers/news/NewsAPIController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/presentation/web/controllers/news/NewsAPIController.java
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsItem;
+import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsType;
 import org.wise.portal.service.newsitem.NewsItemService;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -19,19 +21,26 @@ public class NewsAPIController {
   @Autowired
   private NewsItemService newsItemService;
 
-  @RequestMapping(value = "", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-  protected String getNews() {
-    List<NewsItem> newsItems = newsItemService.retrieveAllNewsItem();
-    JSONArray newsItemsJSON = getNewsItemsJSON(newsItems);
-    return newsItemsJSON.toString();
+  @GetMapping()
+  protected String getNewsPageNews(@RequestParam String type) {
+    NewsType newsType = NewsType.stringToNewsType(type);
+    List<NewsItem> newsItems = this.newsItemService.retrieveNewsPageNews(newsType);
+    return this.getNewsItemsJSONString(newsItems);
+  }
+
+  @GetMapping("/home")
+  protected String getHomePageNews(@RequestParam String type) {
+    NewsType newsType = NewsType.stringToNewsType(type);
+    List<NewsItem> newsItems = this.newsItemService.retrieveAndCacheHomePageNews(newsType);
+    return this.getNewsItemsJSONString(newsItems);
   }
 
-  private JSONArray getNewsItemsJSON(List<NewsItem> newsItems) {
+  private String getNewsItemsJSONString(List<NewsItem> newsItems) {
     JSONArray newsItemsJSON = new JSONArray();
     for (NewsItem newsItem: newsItems) {
       newsItemsJSON.put(getNewsItemJSON(newsItem));
     }
-    return newsItemsJSON;
+    return newsItemsJSON.toString();
   }
 
   private JSONObject getNewsItemJSON(NewsItem newsItem) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/NewsItemService.java b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/NewsItemService.java
index affa99b020..e4042e38c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/NewsItemService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/NewsItemService.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import org.wise.portal.dao.ObjectNotFoundException;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsItem;
+import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsType;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.user.User;
 
 /**
@@ -48,16 +49,23 @@ public interface NewsItemService {
   NewsItem createNewsItem(Date date, User owner, String title, String news, String type);
 
   /**
-   * Retrieves all NewsItem from the data store.
+   * Retrieves the latest NewsItems from the data store.
+   * @param type the type of news items to retrieve. Get all if type is not present.
    * @return a Set of NewsItem
    */
-  List<NewsItem> retrieveAllNewsItem();
+  List<NewsItem> retrieveNewsPageNews(NewsType type);
 
   /**
-   * Retrieves all NewsItem by specified type
-   * @return a Set of NewsItem of specified type
+   * Uses cached value or retrieves and caches the latest three NewsItems from the data store.
+   * @param type the type of news items to retrieve. Get all if type is not present.
+   * @return a Set of NewsItem
+   */
+  List<NewsItem> retrieveAndCacheHomePageNews(NewsType type);
+
+  /** Retrieves all NewsItem from the data store.
+   * @return a Set of NewsItem
    */
-  List<NewsItem> retrieveByType(String type);
+  List<NewsItem> retrieveAllNewsItem();
 
   /**
    * Retrieves a NewsItem given an ID
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImpl.java
index a34e57f971..1ed7bff765 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImpl.java
@@ -24,17 +24,22 @@
 package org.wise.portal.service.newsitem.impl;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CacheEvict;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.wise.portal.dao.ObjectNotFoundException;
 import org.wise.portal.dao.newsitem.NewsItemDao;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsItem;
+import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsType;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.impl.NewsItemImpl;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.user.User;
 import org.wise.portal.service.newsitem.NewsItemService;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import javax.management.timer.Timer;
 
 /**
  * @author Patrick Lawler
@@ -45,14 +50,23 @@ public class NewsItemServiceImpl implements NewsItemService {
   @Autowired
   private NewsItemDao<NewsItem> newsItemDao;
 
-  public List<NewsItem> retrieveAllNewsItem() {
-    return newsItemDao.getList();
+  @Override
+  public List<NewsItem> retrieveNewsPageNews(NewsType type) {
+    return newsItemDao.getNewsPageNews(type);
   }
 
-  public List<NewsItem> retrieveByType(String type) {
-    return newsItemDao.getListByType(type);
+  @Override
+  @Cacheable(value = "newsItems", key = "#type")
+  public List<NewsItem> retrieveAndCacheHomePageNews(NewsType type) {
+    return newsItemDao.getHomePageNews(type);
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  public List<NewsItem> retrieveAllNewsItem() {
+    return newsItemDao.getAllNews();
   }
 
+  @Override
   public NewsItem retrieveById(Integer id) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
     try {
       return newsItemDao.getById(id);
@@ -62,6 +76,7 @@ public NewsItem retrieveById(Integer id) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
   }
 
   @Transactional
+  @CacheEvict(value = "newsItems", allEntries = true)
   public NewsItem createNewsItem(Date date, User owner, String title, String news, String type) {
     NewsItem newsItem = new NewsItemImpl();
     newsItem.setDate(date);
@@ -74,6 +89,7 @@ public NewsItem createNewsItem(Date date, User owner, String title, String news,
   }
 
   @Transactional
+  @CacheEvict(value = "newsItems", allEntries = true)
   public void updateNewsItem(Integer id, Date date, User owner, String title,
       String news, String type) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
     NewsItem newsItem = newsItemDao.getById(id);
@@ -86,8 +102,14 @@ public void updateNewsItem(Integer id, Date date, User owner, String title,
   }
 
   @Transactional
+  @CacheEvict(value = "newsItems", allEntries = true)
   public void deleteNewsItem(Integer id) throws ObjectNotFoundException {
     NewsItem newsItem = newsItemDao.getById(id);
     newsItemDao.delete(newsItem);
   }
+
+  @Scheduled(fixedRate = Timer.ONE_HOUR)
+  @CacheEvict(value = "newsItems", allEntries = true)
+  public void evictNewsItemsCache() {
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDaoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDaoTest.java
index 140ba8f969..5b8be1a8e5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDaoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/dao/newsitem/impl/HibernateNewsItemDaoTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.authentication.Schoollevel;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsItem;
+import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsType;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.impl.NewsItemImpl;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.user.User;
 import org.wise.portal.junit.AbstractTransactionalDbTests;
@@ -57,16 +59,39 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void getListByType_TypeThatDoesNotExist_ShouldReturnNone() {
-    List<NewsItem> newsItems = newsItemDao.getListByType("test");
-    assertEquals(0, newsItems.size());
+  public void getNewsPageNews_WithPublicOnlyType_ShouldReturnAllNewsItems() {
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "public", "News Title 1", "news1");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "teacherOnly", "News Title 2", "news2");
+    List<NewsItem> newsItems = newsItemDao.getNewsPageNews(NewsType.PUBLIC_ONLY);
+    assertEquals(1, newsItems.size());
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void getListByType_TypeThatExists_ShouldReturnNewsItems() {
-    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "public", "News Title", "news1");
-    List<NewsItem> newsItems = newsItemDao.getListByType("public");
-    assertEquals(1, newsItems.size());
+  public void getNewsPageNews_WithPublicAndTeacherType_ShouldReturnAllNewsItems() {
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "public", "News Title 1", "news1");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "teacherOnly", "News Title 2", "news2");
+    List<NewsItem> newsItems = newsItemDao.getNewsPageNews(NewsType.PUBLIC_AND_TEACHER);
+    assertEquals(2, newsItems.size());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getHomePageNews_ShouldReturnThreeNewsItems() {
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "public", "News Title 1", "news1");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "teacherOnly", "News Title 2", "news2");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "public", "News Title 3", "news3");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "teacherOnly", "News Title 4", "news4");
+    List<NewsItem> newsItems = newsItemDao.getHomePageNews(NewsType.PUBLIC_AND_TEACHER);
+    assertEquals(3, newsItems.size());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getAllNews_ShouldReturnAllNewsItems() {
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "public", "News Title 1", "news1");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "teacherOnly", "News Title 2", "news2");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "public", "News Title 3", "news3");
+    createNewsItem(teacher, new Date(), "teacherOnly", "News Title 4", "news4");
+    List<NewsItem> newsItems = newsItemDao.getAllNews();
+    assertEquals(4, newsItems.size());
   }
 
   private NewsItem createNewsItem(User owner, Date date, String type, String title, String news) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImplTest.java b/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImplTest.java
index dd2aaac49f..ce9433ded8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/wise/portal/service/newsitem/impl/NewsItemServiceImplTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.easymock.EasyMockExtension;
 import org.easymock.Mock;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 import org.wise.portal.dao.ObjectNotFoundException;
 import org.wise.portal.dao.newsitem.NewsItemDao;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsItem;
+import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.NewsType;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.newsitem.impl.NewsItemImpl;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.user.User;
 import org.wise.portal.domain.user.impl.UserImpl;
@@ -158,14 +160,14 @@ public void deleteNewsItem_InvalidNewsItemID_ShouldThrowException()
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void retrieveAllNewsItem_TwoNewsItemsInDB_ShouldSucceed() {
+  public void retrieveNewsPageNews_TwoNewsItemsInDB_ShouldSucceed() {
     List<NewsItem> newsItemsInDB = new ArrayList<NewsItem>();
     newsItemsInDB.add(newsItem1);
     newsItemsInDB.add(newsItem2);
-    expect(newsItemDao.getList()).andReturn(newsItemsInDB);
+    expect(newsItemDao.getNewsPageNews(NewsType.PUBLIC_AND_TEACHER)).andReturn(newsItemsInDB);
     replay(newsItemDao);
 
-    List<NewsItem> newsItemsFromDB = newsItemServiceImpl.retrieveAllNewsItem();
+    List<NewsItem> newsItemsFromDB = newsItemServiceImpl.retrieveNewsPageNews(NewsType.PUBLIC_AND_TEACHER);
     assertEquals(newsItemsFromDB.size(), 2);
     assertTrue(newsItemsFromDB.get(0).equals(newsItem1));
     assertTrue(newsItemsFromDB.get(1).equals(newsItem2));