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Newspapers In Education is a national program that promotes literacy through the use of the daily newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. The Longview News-Journal partners with educators and local businesses to encourage literacy, to broaden students' community and global perspectives and to equip area teachers with a powerful tool for teaching at no cost to the teachers or schools.

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THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News -- 03/15/2010

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Italy's 'Purple People' protest premier

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

Archive of Geography quizzes


Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:



Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.


One sport, 65 teams, no medals: NCAA Tournament is the Olympics of college basketball

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive



"Take your legs off and play:" Profile of a Paralympian

Discussion prompts & video archive.


March 14 - March 20, 2010

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