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Welcome to NIE!

Newspaper In Education (NIE) is a community literacy and learning program that partners businesses and individuals with local schools to provide newspapers to students and valuable resources like SOL-correlated activities to teachers.

During the last school year, teachers in the Roanoke and New River Valleys and across southwest Virginia used the daily newspaper as a dynamic textbook, reinforcing educational basics by providing real world examples to their students.

Teachers participating in The Roanoke Times NIE program not only teach about newspapers, they teach with newspapers.

The newspaper is the most up-to-date textbook available, providing daily lessons in geography, math, science, social studies, language arts, and more. Utilizing generous sponsorships from local businesses and individuals, we can provide teachers at all levels—from kindergarten to adult education—with tools to not only advance their mission to successfully educate their students, but to motivate those students to connect with the world.

Join eleven-year-old Julie as she finds a lost fairy tale, from the Brothers Grimm, in the attic of her grandmother’s southern plantation. The manuscript was brought over on the ship, the Kaiser Wilhelm by eleven-year-old Cordelia Grimm, and left in the care of Julie’s grandmother almost fifty years ago. When Julie meets the editor of her local newspaper, plans are made to surprise both Julie’s grandmother and the people in her town.

This 15-chapter story begins Monday, February 1, 2010 and will appear chapter by chapter each Monday in the Extra section through May 17, 2010. The story also includes an SOL-correlated study guide at the conclusion of each chapter.

Order your classroom set now for only 10 cents a paper and receive a free teacher guide to use along with the series. To order, call 540-981-3165 or email nie@roanoke.com. Scholarship funds are available on a first come, first served basis.