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A New Study Finds that High-School Journalism Staffers Have Higher Academic Scores
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PARENTS OF HIGH-SCHOOL KIDS, LISTEN UP: IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN
IDEAL COLLEGE-PREP COURSE FOR YOUR CHILD, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN YOUR
LOCAL HIGH-SCHOOL NEWSPAPER. A NEW STUDY BY THE NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA FOUNDATION FINDS THAT KIDS WHO WORK ON
THEIR SCHOOL PAPER SCORE BETTER ON THE A-C-T COLLEGE-ENTRY
EXAM THAN THOSE WHO, SAY, CHOSE JUST HANGING OUT, OVER HANGING OUT IN
THE NEWSROOM. THE N-A-A FOUNDATION'S STUDY OF MORE THAN
31-THOUSAND STUDENTS SHOWS THAT KIDS IN JOURNALISM PROGRAMS EARN
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER GRADE-POINT AVERAGES--AND, NOT SURPRISINGLY, HAVE
BETTER WRITING AND GRAMMAR SKILLS. THE NEW RESEARCH CONFIRMS
FINDINGS OF A REPORT ISSUED MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO. FOUNDATION
DIRECTOR, SANDY WOODCOCK, DISCUSSES THE NEW RESULTS...
(WOODCOCK):
"AS JOURNALISM PROGRAMS FIGHT FOR THEIR VERY EXISTENCE AT OUR
NATION'S SCHOOLS, THIS STUDY IS A WAKE-UP CALL TO ADMINISTRATORS:
KEEP YOUR HIGH-SCHOOL PAPER; IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HIGH-SCHOOL PAPER,
START ONE. JOURNALISM PROGRAMS PUT STUDENTS ON THE PATH TO
ACADEMIC SUCCESS."
(CLOSE):
IN TOTAL, THE NEW FOUNDATION STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT HIGH-SCHOOL
JOURNALISM STAFFERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER SCORES THAN NON-STAFF
MEMBERS, IN 12 OF 14 ACADEMIC AREAS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
W-W-W-DOT-"N-A-A-FOUNDATION"-DOT-ORG.
