Welcome to NIE

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 Waco Tribune-Herald 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.

Kids' Kopy is a 12-page tabloid published once a month during the school year featuring a different character trait each month. These can be ordered for classrooms at 17 cents a copy.

Click here to download the KidsKopy schedule and order form.

Tours of the newspaper plant are also available for school groups of 20 or fewer and no younger than eight years of age. The cost is $25 per group.

Curriculum notebooks in the areas of reading/writing, mathematics, science, and social studies are available to teachers for $25 each. The lessons are correlated to the TAKS objectives.

For more info email Carol Wenzel or call 254-757-5823.

 Weekly Features (Updated every Monday)

Geography in the News Inmate mails himself out of German jail Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events. Archive of Geography quizzes Lesson Plans Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool: Elementary (Grades K-4) Middle (Grades 5-8) Secondary (Grades 9-12) This Week in History Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events. Just click on today's date in the calendar

This week's topic: Download the lesson Archive of past lessons Teacher comments

'Mom-in-Chief' Michelle Obama brings fresh approach to new era at White House

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive