Research shows that students using the newspaper as an educational resource score more highly on standardized tests, develop the habit of lifelong reading and are more likely to become engaged citizens and regular voters.
This report found that student journalism and school newspapers play a key role in helping students understand that their voices can keep leaders accountable—an important foundation for voter confidence and civic participation.
This article examines how newspapers and advertisements can be used as a context for developing scientific literacy and for promoting the development of critical thinking skills.
This report by the Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge recommends that school districts and educators “engage students in following the news and deliberating about issues, assign students to read and discuss news in class and with their parents or other adults, and use assessment systems that reward students’ discussion and investigation of current events and issues.”
This analysis by The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) found that students who frequently read news about their country in newspapers had higher average levels of civic knowledge; that students who reported that they read domestic news in newspapers were more likely to indicate that they expected to vote as adults than students who were less frequent consumers of news; and that encouraging the use of newspapers at school may be beneficial, particularly where few homes receive daily newspapers.
This research presents a case study of an intensive, newspaper-based reading program that increased reading comprehension quickly and dramatically.
This report found that the use of newspapers in the classroom, the use of newspapers for homework assignments and access to a teen section or teen-focused content in newspapers encourages young people to be more civically engaged as teens and to vote, volunteer and otherwise remain civically engaged as much as 15 years later.
This research found that low-income, minority and non-native English-speaking students benefit significantly from NIE programs in their schools.
This report provided evidence that student journalists earned better high school grades, performed at higher levels on college entrance exams and received higher grades in college writing and grammar courses than students who lacked that experience.
This research found that the use of newspapers as an educational resource leads to higher levels of interest in news and politics and higher levels of adult newspaper readership.
This paper gives an overview of the advantages of using mass media in the classroom.