Tomorrow's Morning to Lead Panel Discussion on Newspapers in the Classroom

Posted on February 10, 1998

Tomorrow's Morning Inc., a children's news publisher, is leading a panel discussion on the role of newspapers in the classroom at the National Conference of Communities in Schools Inc. (CIS), Feb. 15, 1998, in Washington, D.C.

The conference, whose theme is "Seeking Solutions through Partnerships in Youth," will feature General Colin Powell as its keynote speaker. Attendees will include school principals and superintendents from across the nation, and leading corporations and foundations active in business-community-education partnerships.

Panelists for the Tomorrow's Morning Seminar will include: Dr. Doris Gunderson, grants coordinator for the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy; Cathy Trost, director of the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families; Margaret Kaplow, director of the Washington Post Classroom Program; Susan Thompson-Hoffman of the U.S. Department of Education's READ-WRITE-NOW! Program; and Jessica Mayorga, Washington, D.C. bureau editor, Children's Express.

According to Colleen O'Connor, Tomorrow's Morning's Washington, D.C. representative, and formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education and a national editor of Newsweek magazine, "Newspapers have always played a key role in maintaining our democracy and building communities. However, America's youth are less and less aware of current events at a time when reading skills and an expanded world-view are more important than ever." The panel discussion will explore the critical importance of newspapers in the classroom in helping children make the transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn," as well as know about current events, and will provide information on how newspapers can be brought into schools through sponsorships and community alliances.

Tomorrow's Morning Inc., based in Los Angeles, publishes Tomorrow's Morning, an award-winning weekly home-and school-delivered national newspaper for kids 8-14, in print and online. The company also is developing multimedia and other educational products. The company's overall goal is to enhance the education and world-view of children.