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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../part2stratml.xsl"?><StrategicPlan><Name>About News in Education (NIE)</Name><Description/><OtherInformation/><StrategicPlanCore><Organization><Name>McClatchy</Name><Acronym>MNI</Acronym><Identifier>_15019c42-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2c</Identifier><Description/><Stakeholder><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder></Organization><Vision><Description/><Identifier>_df649f6c-c103-11e9-9979-3a7621051b91</Identifier></Vision><Mission><Description>To promote literacy in our communities.</Description><Identifier>_df64a034-c103-11e9-9979-3a7621051b91</Identifier></Mission><Value><Name>Education</Name><Description>Educational. NIE enhances teaching efforts and helps bridge the gap between the classroom and the "real" world. We have a wide-range of specific NIE activity guides that can help teachers use the eEdition to meet state and common core standards.</Description></Value><Value><Name>Effiency</Name><Description>Efficient. Teacher registration and class enrollment provides access to the daily eEdition along with all educational programs, resources and special website features throughout the school year. These include educational apps, downloadable teaching tools, YouTube learning channels, and a wide-variety of other educational resources for K-12 learning.</Description></Value><Value><Name>Ease of Use</Name><Description>Easy-to-Use. The eEdition is easy-to-read -- you see the paper exactly as it appears in print. You can search by keywords to quickly find, project or print what's applicable for your lesson plans. For students, they will be able to read, save and share articles in a familiar digital environment. As far as the educational resources, once posted to the website, all materials are available throughout the school year.</Description></Value><Value><Name>Convenience</Name><Description>Convenient. Teachers and students can access the eEdition and website resources from any device at school with an internet connection and web browser. In addition, students and teachers are encouraged to use the eEdtion and website resources from home on their computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone for lesson planning, research, and homework assignments. All resources are available 24/7. </Description></Value><Value><Name>Timeliness</Name><Description>Current. The eEdition serves as a "living textbook", reporting history as it happens. It helps create interest in current events through eye-catching photos and engaging copy and will expand students' knowledge of the world we live in and help develop their critical thinking skills. The educational resources are up-to-date and relevant for all subject areas geared towards K-12 grade levels.</Description></Value><Goal><Name>Education, Information &amp; Inspiration</Name><Description>Educate, inform and inspire students</Description><Identifier>_df64a0ac-c103-11e9-9979-3a7621051b91</Identifier><SequenceIndicator/><Stakeholder><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Our goal is to educate, inform and inspire students by providing classroom teachers unique, timely and creative online resources to engage students and encourage lifelong learning.</OtherInformation><Objective><Name>Online Resources</Name><Description>Provide classroom teachers unique, timely and creative online resources to engage students and encourage lifelong learning.</Description><Identifier>_df64a156-c103-11e9-9979-3a7621051b91</Identifier><SequenceIndicator/><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Classroom Teachers</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Students</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Lifelong Learners</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Schools</Name><Description>The eEdition and all educational resources are provided at no cost to schools and learning facilities, through generous donations made by community members, businesses and our subscribers.</Description></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Learning Facilities</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Community Members</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Businesses</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Subscribers</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Our NIE program provides access to the daily eEdition (digital newspaper) subscriptions, to teachers and students as well as access to special projects based on important themes, lesson plans, and innovative activities relevant to students and teachers throughout our region. NIE has programs for all grade levels – from kindergarten through high school.</OtherInformation></Objective></Goal></StrategicPlanCore><AdministrativeInformation><PublicationDate>2019-08-17</PublicationDate><Source>https://k12nie.com/about/</Source><Submitter><GivenName>Owen</GivenName><Surname>Ambur</Surname><PhoneNumber/><EmailAddress>Owen.Ambur@verizon.net</EmailAddress></Submitter></AdministrativeInformation></StrategicPlan>
