Top 10 reasons for using NIE!

• 10. NIE helps develop the habit of daily newspaper reading among students. The paper is often the only text a majority of students will continue to read throughout their lives.
• 9. Newspapers in the classroom help make teaching more creative and challenging.
• 8. Newspapers contain something for every student: real math problems, science as it happens, editorials on current topics, local news, entertainment highlights, classified ads and more.
• 7. Newspapers enhance classroom projects and promote cooperative team efforts.
• 6. Newspapers can be marked on, cut, pasted, and colored – activities important to young children who learn by seeing and doing. Newspapers provide children with a new textbook every day.
• 5. Newspapers have transfer effects – students learn from newspapers at school and convey their knowledge at home.
• 4. Newspapers contribute to independent reading, improved vocabulary, enhanced comprehension, critical thinking and improved reading and writing skills.
• 3. Newspapers are "living" textbooks, reporting history as it happens, while creating interest in current events.
• 2. Newspapers bridge the gap between the classroom and the "real" world.
• 1. Newspapers are motivational, lots of fun, and increase local and international awareness