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Why Rural Matters 2011-2012: The Condition of Rural Education in the 50 States

Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Type: Resource
This sixth report in a biennial research series by the Rural School and Community Trust Policy Program explores the "conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and call[s] attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states".

Writing Project Director Explores Non-Traditional Literature

Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Type: In the News
Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm, founding director of the Maine Writing Project and the Boise State Writing Project, shares insights from a current study about how passionate adolescent readers of non-traditional texts engage with such texts. He also examines the implications for parenting, instruction, reading programs, and libraries.

Celebrate Digital Learning Day

Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Type: In the News
On Digital Learning Day, February 1, 2012, thousands of teachers and millions of students will pledge to use technology in new, innovative ways in their classrooms.

Live Oak Writing Project to Host Writing and Science Workshop for Teachers

Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Type: In the News
Live Oak Writing Project at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast will host the workshop "Connecting Writing to the Common Core State Standards in the Science Classroom" on Tuesday, February 7.

Digital Learning Day: Celebrating Innovative Teaching Strategies

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Type: Resource
As part of the first-ever Digital Learning Day, NWP has teamed up with the Alliance for Excellent Education, the New York Times Learning Network, Figment, and Edutopia to highlight innovative, technology-rich teaching practices that make learning more personalized and engaging.

NWP at Rutgers University Teachers Address Common Core Literacy Standards

Monday, January 23, 2012
Type: In the News
Although students were not in session on Jan. 16 to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Warren Hills teachers were in session for a full day of professional development activities. Teacher-consultants from the National Writing Project at Rutgers University worked with school staff to address the Common Core Literacy Standards in all subjects.

Ozark Writing Project Teacher Brings Pearl Harbor Stories to Life for Students

Monday, January 23, 2012
Type: In the News
In the run-up to the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, media and veterans groups sought out World War II participants to preserve their stories for future generations. Through the work of an Ozark Writing Project teacher and her seventh-grade students, this process is already beginning.

Writing Project Teacher Receives Arkansas Teacher of the Year Award

Monday, January 23, 2012
Type: In the News
Debbie West, teacher-consultant and technology liaison for the Arkansas Delta Writing Project, has been named elementary school teacher of the year by the Arkansas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. West, who was recognized for innovation and professionalism in teaching, also leads teacher study groups and professional development in her district.

Students Need An Audience If We Expect Them To Learn How To Write

Monday, January 23, 2012
Type: In the News
Jacob Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Figment, discusses how writing to an audience is necessary to develop real-world writing skills.

Writing and Teaching Habits of Mind

Monday, January 23, 2012
Type: In the News
<i>Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing</i>, developed by the Council of Writing Program Administrators, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Writing Project, posits eight "habits of mind and experiences that are critical for college success": curiosity, openness, engagement, creativity, persistence, responsibility, flexibility, and metacognition. Do writing teachers need to assess their own "habits of mind?"

Writing Project Teachers Develop Professional Learning Model

Friday, January 20, 2012
Type: In the News

Developing a Definition of Teachers Research

Friday, January 13, 2012
Type: Resource

Students Get Real World Experience

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Type: In the News
Sixth-grade students at Branson Intermediate School, inspired by the Ozarks Writing Project, gained real world experience by writing and implementing their own business plans to raise money for a spring literature conference.

Writing Project Helps Students and Teachers Find Their Inner Authors

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Type: In the News
Through the Heart of Texas Writing Project, Dr. Randy Bomer helps teachers and young writers alike find their inner authors. Concluding that a teacher who writes will be a better writing teacher, the project offers monthly workshops and four-week invitational institutes to K-12 Texas teachers. In the workshops, the teachers learn best practices in writing instruction, review research, build a strong network of like-minded colleagues and, most important, produce writing of their own.

Ozarks Writing Project Teacher Named Secondary Teacher of the Year

Monday, December 19, 2011
Type: In the News
Kim Blevins, a language arts teacher associated with the Ozarks Writing Project at Missouri State University, has been named secondary teacher of the year by the Missouri State Teachers Association.

Writing Project Strategies Help Little Writers with Big Futures

Monday, December 19, 2011
Type: In the News
In second-grade teacher Angie Bailus' classroom, teaching strategies from the UC Irvine Writing Project help young students improve their writing skills.

Tech Tools for Teachers, by Teachers: Video Game Design in the Classroom

Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Type: Resource
Author and teacher Greg Kehring shares his experience of using video game design as a way of teaching the writing process to his middle school students.

NWP Radio: Scaling Up Youth Programs

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Type: Event
This broadcast of NWP Radio will feature a look at youth programs at three Writing Project sites, including a discussion of how sites can think about expanding youth programs to increase visibility, build partnerships, and raise funds.

Why I Write: Because There Is Power in Storytelling

Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Type: Resource
Heather Wolpert-Gawron, teacher-consultant at the UC Irvine Writing Project, shares how writing has become a timeline reflecting the chapters of her life.

Why I Write: Gaetan Pappalardo Writes for the Sake of Writing

Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Type: Resource
Gaetan Pappalardo, a teacher-consultant at the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project, shares why he is compelled to write despite its difficulties.