Welcome to NiE!

Welcome to the Newspapers in Education site of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition, the Benton County Daily Record, and the Northwest Arkansas Times. We will be updating this site periodically in order to provide you with the latest information, ideas and resources. Check back often!

What is NiE?

NIE team workers Katie Horner and Kerry Hall greet teachers at the Rogers Teacher Fair Tuesday August 12, 2008. Welcome Back, everyone!

Newspapers in Education (NiE) is designed to promote literacy, increase hands-on learning in the classroom and develop lifelong reading habits among young people and their families. NiE provides classroom sets of newspapers to teachers in Benton, Washington and Madison county schools, along with a variety of teacher tools, resources and training opportunities.

Available through NiE:

• Classroom sets of newspapers delivered free of charge;
• Professional development workshops for teachers;
• Curriculum guides that support a variety of subject areas and teaching goals;
• Special supplements, serial stories and features designed for use in the classroom;
• Student outreach workshops in area classrooms; and
• Monthly e-mail updates for participating teachers, featuring new ideas and strategies for integrating newspapers in the classroom.

What does it cost?

With the generous support of donors and corporate sponsors, more than 15,000 newspapers per week are provided free of charge to teachers in Benton and Washington counties and Huntsville. If you would like to make a donation to support this program, or enroll as a teacher within these areas, please contact our Northwest Edition NIE office at (479) 684-5507 or cpollock@nwanews.com.

To enroll as an NIE teacher at a reduced rate within Arkansas, or donate to the statewide program, please contact the Little Rock NIE office at (501) 378-3847 or jsummons@arkansasonline.com.

Why should I participate?

• NiE activities support state and national learning standards;
• Using newspapers in the classroom is practical, easy and fun;
• Newspapers are an informational text;
• Newspapers excite students about reading and often reach non-traditional learners where other efforts fail;
• Newspapers connect students to the world outside of the classroom; and
• Students are encouraged to take their papers home, sharing them with their families to promote reading.

Contact Us!

If you would like more information about the NiE program, would like to participate, or if you have some tried-and-true teaching ideas for using the newspaper,please send an email to Christy Pollock at cpollock@nwanews.com. We will feature the best ideas on both the front web site page and in the Classroom News section.