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The Benefits of NIE

• Sharpens students thinking skills.
• Keeps students informed and helps to mold them into responsible and socially aware citizens.
• Helps bridge the gap between textbooks and the world outside the classroom.
• Enhances the quality of citizen participation in schools and local government through better mutual understanding among journalists, educators, students and parents.
• Transforms students into interested, active citizens.

The Goal of NIE is to:

• Encourage literacy.
• Improve state test scores.
• Increase academic success in all areas of study.
• Broaden students’ community and global perspectives.
• Equip area educators with a powerful tool for teaching.

Facts About the Newspaper

• It deals in reality, in what is happening here and now.
• It reports history as it happens, as completely and objectively as possible.
• It contains something for every student: comics, sports, editorials, and practical vocabulary.
• It can be marked, cut, pasted, and colored—important to students who learn by doing.
• It is the only up-to-date social studies text.
• It is the only text the majority of students will continue to read throughout their lives.

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