Newspaper in Education is an international program in existence for more than 60 years. More than 700 newspapers have NIE programs. NIE puts newspapers in classrooms as a topical, relevant curriculum supplement. To participate in NIE, teachers set up a classroom subscription, usually a newspaper for each student in the classroom one day a week.
Teachers then use the newspapers in activities that enhance the lessons and skills they teach.
Goals of NIE To help students become informed and involved citizens who can determine and guide their own destinies in a democratic society. To help students develop skills of critical reading by teaching competence in newspaper reading. To provide educators with an economical, effective and exciting teaching vehicle for lessons in writing, history, mathematics, current events, consumer affairs, ecology and scores of other subjects and themes. To foster students' personal growth through the use of the newspaper to provide information, entertainment and skills necessary for modern life. They can be used for any grade level, kindergarten through adult, and for any subject.