Newspapers in Education

Give Your Students Practical Tools To Make Tough Ethical Choices

The Commercial Appeal will publish a 12-part series based on the book, "How Good People Make Tough Choices" by Rushworth M. Kidder, president and founder, Institute for Global Ethics.

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This program gives students practical tools for ethical choices. Teachers and students participating in this series on ethical dilemmas will find the following links useful. They contain chapter one of the book, "How Good People Make Tough Choices" and past columns from Ethics Newsline (R), including some of those which we're running in The Commercial Appeal.

Here are the links:

First chapter of Tough Choices:

Ethics Newsline® homepage - past issues are in dropdown box on the right side of the page

Sign up for "Civil Rights: The Dream Lives On" NIE Program

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of a world where all people had equal rights. Have we achieved that goal? Students are challenged to learn the history of the Civil Rights movement and to think about the future of equal rights for all.

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Help your students achieve a Healthy Balance

Poor eating habits and inactivity have led to a health and fitness crisis in America ... and in the Memphis area. "Healthy Balance: You Can Do It!" is a program for grades 4-9 that uses the newspaper and a student supplement to explore issues of health, fitness, nutrition and food safety.

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Read "The Freedom Writers Diary" With Your Students

Read the amazing story of how teacher Erin Gruwell changed at-risk students labeled "unteachable" into aspiring college students and citizens for change.

Download Chapters here:
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Download chapters

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Receive classroom sets of papers twice weekly for the rest of the year!

Teachers, register here to be added to our waiting list for the Adopt-A-School program. We will try to match your class with a sponsor.
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Partners In Education

The Commercial Appeal thanks the following "Partners In Education" for their commitment to education. Through their support and generosity, newspapers and curriculum materials are provided to classrooms throughout the Mid-South community.

International Paper

Cargill

Mississippi RiverKings

The Assisi Foundation

Facing History and Ourselves

First Tennessee

Mid South Reads

News Channel 3

Valero Memphis Refinery