March brings NIE Week and More

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Since it became a national celebration in 1983, Newspaper in Education Week has taken place the first week in March. March 3-7 is NIE Week 2014.

For NIE Week 2014, the American Press Institute published links to one of its curricula:

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/nie-week-2014-new-curriculum-resource/

As regular features of its website, the American Press Institute (API) offers resources for educators and newspapers on news literacy:

Resources for educators:

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/youth-news-literacy/resources/news-literacy-curriculum/

 

Resources for newspapers:

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/youth-news-literacy/resources/newspaper-in-education-guides/

 

March 2 is Dr. Seuss’ birthday, celebrated as Read Across America, a national effort sponsored by the National Education Association. Downloadables for the celebration can be found on this site: http://www.nea.org/grants/read-across-america-downloadables.html


 

NIE Week is an occasion for newspapers to reach out to students, teachers, parents and schools and answer questions about the work newspapers do. Newspapers choose how to work with educators in their communities:

  • Publish the writing, drawing or other work produced by young readers
  • Run in-paper features on staying well-informed
  • Use in-paper features to introduce your staff and invite questions
  • Host a tour for educators; promote the tour in your newspaper and through schools
  • Offer to have a well-known reporter or editor from your newspaper speak to teacher and/or student groups
  • Have one or more individuals from your newspaper speak in classrooms, at schools and/or libraries
  • Sponsor/ hold workshops led by staff or teachers who make effective use of news and information
  • Promote the educational value of newspapers in in-paper features
  • Hold contests
  • Run special sections
  • In ads and on websites, pay tribute to teachers who make effective use of news and information and explain what they do
  • Offer teacher-led chats, workshops or publish teacher testimonials
  • Speak about reading, writing and the role of area newspapers at local gatherings of teacher groups, such as reading councils
  • Post teacher-submitted lessons on your website
  • Read aloud a favorite story to children and explain its appeal
  • Tweet links to news stories that deal with or appeal to young readers