The goal of Newspaper in Education is to provide a unique educational resource for area teachers through regular access to the newspaper. Teachers use the newspaper in a variety of age and curriculum settings.
Research indicates students who use newspapers in their classroom curriculum increase and improve: reading skills, verbal interactions, student motivation and behavior, achievement scores and awareness of the world and their community.
An effective Newspapers In Education program should:
- – Provide teachers a resource for reinforcing concepts being taught in the classroom by providing real-life application
- – Offer a reading resource that provides primarily non-fiction writing with subjects of interest to many
- – Introduce newspapers to young children – the organization of a newspaper, the handling of a newspaper, the contents of a newspaper and the value of a newspaper.
- – Encourage teachers to send the newspaper home at the end of the classroom study. The newspaper will continue to work, encouraging family discussion on what was learned with the newspaper at school and offering the opportunity for parents and children to read the newspaper together.