This partnership was formed to encourage reading and thinking among our students. In Education Week. I hope that teachers at all levels of the education continuum will celebrate Newspaper In Education Week. I hope, also, that parents will support this special program and talk with their children at home about newspapers and their place in our lives. Appropriate activities have been designed to teach and interest all grade levels from kindergarten through high school.
Newspapers entertain, inform, and educate.
Newspapers connect us to the world. In many cases, the only news young people get comes in the form of TV sound bites and sensationalism. Studying the newspaper also provides opportunities for students to consider careers in journalism. The use of the newspaper as a textbook not only helps in building reading and thinking skills, but can promote learning in other disciplines, as well. It is the only textbook that is a completely consumable instructional tool.