Paper instructions:
NEWS ARTICLE REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS
In Modules, you are required to submit 4 brief essays which discuss current news articles that relate to education. The purpose of these assignments is to encourage you to evaluate current ethical issues and decisions affecting the field of education; thus, the news articles that you choose must address either a situation in which biblical and/or ethical principles were breached or a situation in which biblical and/or ethical principles were highlighted by the media. Your essays must be critical reviews of the articles; discuss your own opinion regarding the articles rather than simply summarizing them.

Use the News Article Review Grading Rubric to improve the quality of your essays; be sure to adhere to all of the specific guidelines described below.

News Article Selection Guidelines
The articles or news stories that you choose must:
1. Be found in a newspaper, on a news program, or from another reputable media source
2. Be published within the last month
3. Be clearly related to the field of education
4. Clearly address biblical and/or ethical issues
Each article review must cover different topics. Refrain from using follow-up pieces or multiple perspectives of the same topic. For example, if you find an article discussing a new government regulation for public schools in The New York Times, you cannot use a follow-up piece written a few days later in the same paper or a different article in a different paper discussing the same topic.

Essay Guidelines
Your essay must be brief (1/2-page to 1-page double-spaced). In the essay, summarize the article in order to demonstrate your comprehension of the content. Additionally, identify key elements discussed in the article and relate those elements to concepts from the course. Discuss whether the situation described in the article implements any of the concepts discussed in the course or if there are possible ways that concepts from the course could be implemented.

Include a reference page at the end of the essay with the complete citation for the article (including the publication date). If possible, include the actual article either by pasting it at the end of the document or by providing a link. Format the essay and citation in correct and current APA style and include a title page.

Submit the reviews by 1:00 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, June 29,2014.

This is a Leadership Principles and Ethics class and it should be four news articles . I also included the rubrics.

NEWS ARTICLE REVIEW GRADING RUBRIC
Student:
Criteria Points Possible Points Earned Instructor’s Comments
Article Selection
Article pertains to course content: Leadership Principles and Ethics (biblical and/or ethical principles in education). 3
Article is no more than 1 month old and comes from a reputable news source. 3
Summary
Main points of the article are clearly summarized and relate to course content. 10
Personal Insight
Thoughtful reflection, evaluation, and/or insight regarding the main points in the article is provided. 10
Grammar and Spelling
Correct spelling and grammar are utilized. 5
APA Style
Paper is double-spaced, has 12-pt. font, and has 1-inch margins. 3
Title page is included. 3
The citation has a complete reference on the reference page in correct and current APA format. 3
Total 40

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