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Why Use The Tampa Tribune In The Classroom?
"Tell me... I'll forget. Show me... I may remember.
Involve me... I'll understand."
- Chinese proverb
NIE is a cooperative effort between
- schools,
- the community and
- The Tampa Tribune
The Tampa Tribune's NIE program promotes the use of newspapers as an educational tool. Through NIE, schools are provided with class sets of The Tampa Tribune, plus our award-winning study guides, at no cost, to educators.
The Tampa Tribune gets students involved by offering a living, changing textbook that brings the real world into the classroom. The newspaper is the essential link that connects the classroom to the past, present and future. NIE educational materials are aligned with state standards of education and provide a fun and innovative way to meet educational goals.
The Top Ten Reasons Why YOU Should Use NIE In YOUR Classroom
- The Tampa Tribune makes learning fun and entertains as it teaches.
- The Tampa Tribune is a readily obtainable and cost-effective way to teach.
- The Tampa Tribune's educational materials are flexible and adaptable to all curriculum areas and grades levels and meet all current state standards of education.
- The Tampa Tribune motivates students to read.
- The Tampa Tribune links students to the real world.
- The Tampa Tribune is a common community link.
- The Tampa Tribune is an excellent remedial tool with high status as an adult medium.
- The Tampa Tribune helps students understand freedom of the press and other
- The Tampa Tribune has ideas for building many educational skills, from critical thinking to analyzing information.
- The Tampa Tribune builds life-long reading habits.
Measuring Success
Using newspapers as a teaching tool in the classroom improves student performance on standardized tests, according to a study conducted by Dan Sullivan, a professor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The study measures the impact of Newspaper In Education programs, which promote the use of newspapers as an educational resource and curriculum tool.
The study, "Measuring Success! The Positive Impact of Newspaper In Education Programs on Student Achievement,"* found that:
- Students in schools with NIE programs did better on standardized reading tests than those in schools with no NIE programs.
- Low-income, minority, and non-native English-speaking students benefit significantly from NIE programs.
- Students at middle schools and high schools with a high concentration of those demographics (and that have significant NIE programs) scored higher than their counterparts at schools without such programs.
*This report is the second phase of a three-part project to determine the scope and impact of NIE programs on student performance and readership. The final phase will examine the relationship of NIE programs to future readership.
Award-winning
"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
- Aristotle
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) recently honored The Tampa Tribune's NIE program with a First-Place 2005 General Excellence Award.
This national recognition is based on the overall quality and performance of the NIE program. The Tampa Tribune was the only Florida newspaper to be honored in any major NAA award category.
NIE has a record of educational distinction, having received NAA Program Excellence Awards for the past six years of competition and is a member of the NAA Hall of Fame.
During the 2004-2005 school year The Tampa Tribune's NIE program distributed more than 20 original educational publications and received numerous recognitions for excellence in curriculum development including awards from the prestigious Southern Newspaper Publisher's Association (SNPA).
Participation Is Easy!
"This is one of Hillsborough County's greatest
success stories! Awesome program!"
- Charlene Garrett, teacher
Dowdell Middle School
Are you interested in participating in the NIE program? Contact the newspaper coordinator (Ambassador) at your school or complete the order form and return it to NIE. Your request will be forwarded to your school's Ambassador.
Ambassadors receive information in advance of all NIE educational materials coming to your school.
Parade Magazine
The Tampa Tribune's News In Education program is a Parade Magazine partner. Parade Classroom offers downloadable teacher guides, newspaper activities and a weekly current event quiz. Downloadable materials for the new school year will be available on August 19, 2005, beginning with the first issue (August 28th) of the Weekly Teacher's Guides.
Visit http://paradeclassroom.com/ for free downloadable lesson plans and activities to use with The Tampa Tribune.
Questions?
For more information about The Tampa Tribune's NIE program, call 813-259-7329, or e-mail NIE@tampatrib.com.
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