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Welcome to Newspapers in Education (NIE), a literacy program of Capital Newspapers
NIE is committed to serving teachers and students throughout south-central Wisconsin by providing them with "a living textbook" – the daily newspaper – at a discounted rate.
NIE provides over 400,000 copies to classrooms throughout the Capital Region annually. If you're a teacher and want to take advantage of what NIE has to offer, now's the time.
The newspaper is a flexible teaching tool that can be used in all areas of curriculum, at all age levels and at all ability levels. It is our mission to promote a lifelong daily reading habit that will create informed, literate and productive citizens.
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New study results ... using newspapers in the classroom increases civic involvement!
The Newspaper Association of America Foundation recently released the results of an important survey they conducted regarding the role that newspapers play in getting young people involved in their communities. The research revealed that interaction with the news as a teen is an important indicator of future civic engagement.
Specifically, use of newspapers in the classroom encourages young people to:
- get involved in volunteer work and fundraising to improve their local community
- engage in civic expression such as boycotting a product or signing a petition
- participate in election campaigns by voting and encouraging others to vote
To view the entire study, Lifelong Readers: Driving Civic Engagement, go to www.naafoundation.org.
Using newspapers in the classroom increases test scores!
Of course, NIE teachers already know this. Now, we have the studies to prove it*:
- Students in schools with at least some NIE programs did better on standardized reading tests than those in schools with no NIE programs
- Low income, minority and non-native English speaking students benefit significantly from NIE programs
- Students at middle schools and high schools with a high concentration of those demographics (and that have significant NIE programs) scored higher than their counterparts at schools without such programs
*Based on a 2003 study conducted for the Newspaper Association of America Foundation by Dan Sullivan, a professor at the University of Minnesota.
To review the full study, go to www.naa.org/foundation and click on "Measuring Success!"
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