NWP Site Bulletin, May 3, 2010
NWP NEEDS LETTERS OF SUPPORT 末
Please encourage your superintendents, principals, university presidents, and other interested individuals to write letters in support of NWP to their senators and representatives in Congress. Refer administrators and others to the NWP Works! website for information about NWP's status in the Administration's budget and to learn how they can help. Consider a link to NWP Works! in blogs, announcements, or other communications for the general public. Email questions to publicaffairs@nwp.org.
http://www.nwpworks.ning.com.
THREE NEW CO-PUBLISHED BOOKS FROM NWP AND TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS 末
Complimentary copies of three new co-published books were mailed to sites last week: Literacy Tools in the Classroom by Richard Beach, Gerald Campano, Brian Edmiston, and Melissa Borgman; Literacy in the Welcoming Classroom by JoBeth Allen; and Inviting Families Into the Classroom by Lynne Yermanock Strieb. Purchase additional copies of these great new resources at NWP's online bookstore.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/doc/resources/book_store.csp
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NWP RADIO末INSERVICE AT NWP SITES IN 2010: KEEPING IT RELEVANT 末
On the next episode of NWP Radio, join a discussion about planning for work in schools in the current climate. Listen live, call in with questions, and join the online chat on May 13, 4 p.m. PDT, 7 p.m. EDT. Or plan to listen to an archive of the show.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/480?x-t=sites_eos.view
NWP E-ANTHOLOGY OPENS MAY 17 末
E-Facilitators may register their Invitational Summer Institutes now, and begin registering participants when E-Anthology opens on May 17. Find resources and information at the link below.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/events/434
NWP BOOK GROUP NING DISCUSSION 末
Curious about the new Diane Ravitch book? Join an NWP Book Group Ning discussion of The Death and Life of the Great American School System, a book that challenges the current interpretation of "school reform." The discussion begins May 19, but join the group and introduce yourself any time.
http://nwpbookgroups.ning.com/
APPLY NOW FOR STATE AND REGIONAL NETWORK MINIGRANTS 末
State and regional networks of sites are invited to apply for an NWP minigrant. Application materials are available online now. Submission period: June 1 to July 1.
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/projects/97