About the Newspaper in Education Program

The Press-Register’s award-winning NIE Literacy Program engages area students in reading, writing, and learning in a special way that uses the most up-to-date textbook available, the newspaper. Studies show that students who use the newspaper in their classrooms perform up to 30% better on standardized reading tests.

The Press-Register’s NIE Literacy Program, which is sponsored by area businesses, organizations and our readers, is very successful, reaching students in public, private and parochial schools in ten southwest Alabama counties and two southeast Mississippi counties. The newspaper contains something for every student and can be used to teach every subject. We provide materials for all grades in the following subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, History, Economics, Mathematics, Science and Journalism. We also host teacher workshops each summer to educate teachers on using the newspaper effectively in the classroom and present at seminars and schools upon request. The Press-Register and The Mississippi Press e-editions are exact replicas of the print edition with many exciting features. With the e-edition, you can find a topic by using a key word to search the current and archived editions. The e-edition also comes with a text to speech module which allows the article to be read to you. For a tutorial, click on the Learn More listed under the E-edition tab at the top of the page.