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Stepping Stones

By: Phyllis J. Owens
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 2
Date: Spring/Summer 1994

Summary: Phyllis Owens, a high school English teacher in McDowell County, West Virginia, a region burdened with ninety percent unemployment, joins the writing project and invigorates her teaching. Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones, she gets grants for such projects as a student Shakespeare presentation and an anthology of student writing depicting the heritage of McDowell County. She develops a host of writing projects around the simplest of resources: a stone.

 

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