WOW! We receive the USA TODAY each Thursday. We always begin with the major headline on the front page and I ask why USA TODAY editors picked it. I have my middle school students read in depth one article of my choice and one of their selection. I also pick an article from each of [...]

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I teach data analysis and probability to high school students, so I often use the newspaper. I have students cut out graphs and analyze data, finding measures of central tendencies, variations or position. Students also compile statistical reports on the data represented graphically — citing trends and drawing conclusions.    

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In my classroom, the students are in class for 100 minutes at a time. We rotate to three groups during the class period. They are in the small group with the teacher for approx. 30 minutes, where they are taught a lesson that focuses on FCAT skills; then they are at the computer for approx. [...]

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After a unit on the consequences of war where students learned about the atrocities of war, they were asked to look at the titles of different articles. Then they needed to determine whether the titles could double as an appropriate title for a war story/report. They were encouraged to use portions of multiple articles if [...]

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Our local newspaper no longer carries stock quotes…that is why we use USA TODAY. I have my students create a stock portfolio and then track their investments over a 10 week period. Afterwards, they graph their investments and write letters to the investor relations department of each of their companies, requesting annual and quarterly reports [...]

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I am using USA TODAY with 12th grade classes: I team teach AP language and AP government for students who have never taken an AP course. Students are keeping scrap books of important news stories not only to improve their understanding of government actions, but also to serve as a piece of history for themselves. [...]

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I was previously asked to put into writing how I used USA Today in my classroom and whether it worked well. I used it as a textbook supplement for all my RDG courses last semester. Students were asked to pick up a copy to bring to class, where they read self-selected articles independently for the [...]

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I had my students compile a 2008 election campaign portfolio. It was made up of 15 pages that they had to research and produce — including an introduction stating why 2008 was such a historical election; a summary of the primaries and the national nominating conventions; a brief biographical sketch on the president and vice [...]

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I primarily use the USA TODAY papers to reinforce the critical skill for engineers (and many other careers) of reading articles and then summarizing the main ideas. In Florida, this is a skill which is tested on our State Reading and Writing tests, but I tell my students it is a skill needed throughout life. [...]

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Ms. Christina Curran McDonalds Clarks Summit, PA Dear Ms. Curran: On behalf of the students at Carbondale Area Junior/Senior High School, we would like to sincerely thank you for sponsoring our daily delivery of 30 USA Today newspapers. You sponsorship has allowed my classes to incorporate the following programs into our Social Studies curriculum: Monday [...]

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