INSPIRING STUDENTS TO LEARN

Welcome to The Seattle Times Newspapers In Education program. NIE provides newspapers, learning programs and online activities to educational organizations throughout Puget Sound communities to help foster literacy and real world learning. Learn about the programs we have to offer and register today!

Curriculum Guides
Our library of curriculum guides, written by professional educators and writers across the country, addresses the most current issues in education through the use of the newspaper.

Visits/Teacher Training
The NIE Outreach Specialist is available to come to your school to run an activity using the newspaper or conduct training with your staff.

Service Issues
Service is important to us. If we don't provide the level of service that makes you happy, please don't hesitate to contact us at nie@seattletimes.com.

Workshops
Learn how to use the paper in your classroom with discussions and hands-on activities. Clock hours are available to teachers that attend our workshops.

Fundraising/Sponsorship
The demand for newspapers has been tremendous. Learn how you can help support Newspapers In Education.

Lesson Plans
NIE provides a variety of daily lesson plans to use with the newspaper.

  News Break

  Sunday Update

  WASL Prep

Register today for these programs.

FEATURED CONTENT:

When Peace is the Prize, a partnership program with Seeds of Compassion, uses the Nobel Peace Prize as a lens through which to view the history of compassionate action in our global community. This series appears every Friday in The Seattle Times from now until May 9, 2008.

Download the accompanying teaching guide for this series, which includes hotlinks to relevant Web sites.
To sign-up for the series, visit our registration page.

Shining the Light on Your Government: A special section presented by Newspapers In Education and the Washington Coalition for Open Government. Developed for use in high school classrooms to help meet the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) for civics education in Washington state.

NIE Welcome Brochure (PDF file)
Find the answers you need to get started in the classroom with this useful operating manual.

Managing NIE In Your School
(PDF file)
Discover some useful recommendations for making NIE work in your classroom.

2007/2008 School Year Registration
Online registration is now available for the 2007-2008 school year.

NIE 2007-2008 calendar (PDF file)

Monday 5/12

• No In-Paper Program

Tuesday 5/13

• Future Times Past, "The Eagles' Tale" #18, NW Life, page D3

Wednesday 5/14

• Stories Among Us
• Electing the President

Thursday 5/15

• High School Financial Planning Program,
• Dive into the Sound:

Friday 5/16

• Jobs That WORK
• When Peace is the Prize