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Experiment replaces some school textbooks with newspapers: Program being tested at Kennedy Middle and Piedmont Open Middle.

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| April 12, 2006 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Lyttle

Apr. 12--Kendra Alston says she has found a way to guarantee that students will take their assignments home with them to complete: Replace textbooks with newspapers. "They want to take the newspapers home to study," says Alston, academic facilitator at Kennedy Middle School in southwest Charlotte. "That's not something they do with their textbooks."

Kennedy Middle and Piedmont Open Middle schools are engaging in an experiment this year, thanks to a grant from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) Foundation and Newspapers in Education. The Observer oversees the Newspapers in Education program in local schools, including…

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