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Newspapers in the home boost academic achievement!

Looking for ways to help your child succeed in school?

A subscription to your local newspaper is one great way to give your students an academic edge. Research shows that students who attend schools where newspapers are used in the classroom perform an average of 10% higher on standardized tests.

It just makes sense that a teaching tool that works in the classroom would also work at home! For pennies a day, you can provide fresh, high-interest reading material. And, when your kids see you reading the newspaper, it models reading and life-long learning!

Grab the local paper and try some of these newspaper activities with your child!

What’s missing?

Show a friend pictures from the newspaper with a piece of the picture missing. Then have them ask questions that can only be answered “YES” or “NO” to determine what is missing.

Protecting Earth

Look through the newspaper to find five or more ways people are working to protect the planet. Look for things that save resources, that save energy and that can be recycled.

Question Finder

Read an article in today’s newspaper and find a quote from a person being interviewed. What question do you think the interviewer asked?