The Massachusetts Newspapers In Education Council Honors the
2011 Retirement of Jackie Laubner
from The Daily Item, Lynn Massachusetts

Jackie Laubner worked as a schoolteacher in Lynn and Lynnfield for 34 years, teaching in various grades from two to 12. She graduated from Salem State College and received her Master's Degree in Education from Boston University. She always dreamed of working for a newspaper. After her retirement from teaching, Jackie worked ten years for The Daily Item in Lynn as the Newspaper In Education Coordinator fulfilling her dream. Jackie is married to Karl Laubner and they have a daughter, Eve.

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Newspaper in Education (NIE) encourages and supports the use of newspapers in the classroom and as a teaching resource.

NIE programs in Massachusetts reach over 350,000 students each week offering the newspaper as an authentic, real-world resource.

Funding for MNIEC comes from the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association and from member newspapers.

MNIEC member newspapers provide:

• Standards-based Curriculum
• Low or no-cost newspapers for classroom use
• Teacher training workshops