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EKUWP Critical Conversations with Jim Fredricksen Added by Sally Martin on May 21, 2013 at 10:03am Come join us as Dr.... read more	4 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
AEQ Winter 2013 Issue Update Added by Kellie Charron on May 6, 2013 at 1:10pm A reminder that the deadline for Academic Exchange Quarterly's Winter 2013 special section on Writing Center Theory and Practice is approaching! ... read more	154 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Recommendations needed for professional articles Added by Jean Wolph on Feb 27, 2013 at 7:11am What's the best article you've used in addressing what student writers need in order to meet the challenges of the Common Core Standards? All s... read more	1,187 Views	4 comments	Added by Denise Amos on Mar 1, 2013 at 7:21am What a great question, Jean. I hope we can get several new resources from your question. ... read more
Join the conversation: Books Books Cant resist Added by samuel reed on Feb 17, 2013 at 2:04pm Join me in for an #Engchat conversation on February 18th at 7:00 PM EST on the theme getting reluctant adolescents to read. http://thenotebook.org/b... read more	617 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
CFP: Writing Center Theory and Practice Added by Kellie Charron on Feb 7, 2013 at 7:48pm Call for Papers: Writing Center Theory and Practice ... read more	885 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Countdown to USN Bham 2013!!! Added by Jameka Thomas on Dec 13, 2012 at 8:41pm The Urban Sites Conference Committee is interested in what types of events and sessions you would like at the conference, Any suggestions??? ... read more	1,304 Views	1 comment	Added by Janet Ilko on Jan 25, 2013 at 8:19am When will the agenda be released? I have applied to share our work, and just wondering when the selections will be made. Either way, I want to attend... read more
OT: Tween Magazine looks for writers, editors and story ideas Added by Carletta Hurt on Nov 20, 2012 at 12:48pm Tween Writers Needed Are you a creative thinker? Do you enjoy writing? Do you like exploring or looking for more details? ... read more	1,278 Views	1 comment	Added by Sarita Herrera-Dandridge on Nov 20, 2012 at 1:04pm Hey Girl, Great idea!! It was nice reading your work on here! Keep up the great work!! ... read more
Larry Ferlazzo hosts multipart series on writing at EdWeek/Teacher Magazine Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Nov 20, 2012 at 8:34am Many of you probably follow Larry Ferlazzo's blog and his columns in EdWeek. A few months ago, Katie Ciresi asked him: What advice can you giv... read more	995 Views	1 comment	Added by Steven Zemelman on Nov 20, 2012 at 9:49am Hm, some nice ideas. But I can't help posing a few questions about the two posts to Ferlazzo's page. ... read more
NWP i3 Award! Added by Steven Zemelman on Nov 9, 2012 at 10:19am Hey, Folks! I just saw on the web that NWP has received one of the i3 "Validation" awards from the US DOE. Elyse. Paul, someone, tell us the details... read more	1,064 Views	5 comments	Added by Steven Zemelman on Nov 13, 2012 at 1:07pm Thanks Elyse & Luke, & congratulations all. The focus on rual districts sounds like a wise one, since SEED 2 covers a number of cities & ... read more
Endless Mountains Teacher Researchers Added by Nanci Werner-Burke on Oct 22, 2012 at 10:01am How can we further the cause of writing in our teaching? Seven TCS are working in their schools and communities to systematically measure ... read more	1,290 Views	23 comments	Added by Nanci Werner-Burke on Feb 26, 2013 at 10:43am Thanks for your posts! If you'd like another set of eyes and hands to help with research sources and crunching some of your survey data, ... read more
Illinois Writing Project celebration of the Day on Writing Added by Steven Zemelman on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:30am Last night, IWP held our 4th annual Day on Writing celebration. We used a week-night rather than the official day on Saturday to be more considerate ... read more	1,297 Views	3 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 20, 2012 at 11:19am It would be great to have the links Donna and others mentioned so that we can add them to our Literacy and Common Core (LCC) community. Was there a l... read more
What's up at your site or school for NDOW? Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:08am Here's what's up at Redwood Writing Project in Humbolt, CA, courtesy of the Times-Standard. What else do you have planned? ... read more	556 Views	4 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 20, 2012 at 3:15pm Visit CWP Connections's 25 work responses to #whatIwrite -- it's on Popplet, graphic mind mapping by a group! Visit here: http://popplet.c... read more
10/8-10/15: Discuss "Lessons from Tony" on the Teacher Inquiry Communities site Added by Cindy O'Donnell-Allen on Oct 8, 2012 at 4:01pm Over on the Teacher Inquiry Communities Network site here on Connect, please join my graduate students and me... read more	408 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Share reactions to The Writing Revolution in The Atlantic Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 23, 2012 at 8:45pm The Atlantic has just published a long piece on writing instruction called The Writing Revolution by journalist ... read more	1,325 Views	4 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 10, 2012 at 8:55am Check out Jenna McCain's blog in response to the Atlantic article in ELL Connect. ... read more
Working with pre-service teachers...research about benefits? Added by Deanna Mascle on Sep 14, 2012 at 1:55pm We are piloting a writing studio program this semester. We are training (in a learning community) English Ed majors to lead writing studio groups. Cu... read more	418 Views	3 comments	Added by Bobby Cummings on Nov 9, 2012 at 5:36pm The Central Washington Writing Project has been placing English methods students in the classrooms of teacher consultants. The preservice teach... read more
McScribbles Magazine, Produced by 3rd Grader, Reaches Out to NWP Network Added by Tanya Baker on Sep 14, 2012 at 10:28am Hello Writing Project Colleagues, ... read more	403 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Muriel Thompson Inducted into Hall of Fame Added by Candance Doerr-Stevens on Sep 10, 2012 at 7:46am Director and Co-founder of the Minnesota Writing Project, Muriel Thompson, was recently inducted into the Burnsville High S... read more	273 Views	3 comments	Added by Bev Alsleben on Sep 17, 2012 at 6:18pm Congratulations Muriel. What a well-deserved honor. Thank you for your leadership! ... read more
Candance Doerr-Stevens, MWP TC, Keynote Speaker for Edina Public Schools Added by Muriel Thompson on Sep 6, 2012 at 1:01pm On Tuesday, August 28, Candance presented to over 600 K-12 teachers as part of their staff kick-off. This invitation to present resulted from M... read more	258 Views	1 comment	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 7, 2012 at 7:47am Thanks Muriel. This looks great and Candance looks great. :-) We really need to remind people of the 'digital' part of the new standards, and it look... read more
Landmark texts Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Aug 31, 2012 at 3:57pm Mindi Rench, writing on the wonderful Illinois Writing Project blog, describes an early-in-the-year activity about Landmark Texts. Here's a snippet (... read more	533 Views	3 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 8, 2012 at 3:57pm How about this? ... read more
Reading, writing, and texting Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Aug 7, 2012 at 9:52am Perhaps you saw the coverage of the new study that funds a correlation between texting and reduced grammar/mechanics skills.... read more	920 Views	4 comments	Added by Nora Harris on Oct 10, 2012 at 1:06am Thank you for posting! I really appreciate it. Sometimes it can be really challenging – finding a quality article online, it is worth bookmarking it... read more
Books boys can't resist Added by samuel reed on Aug 4, 2012 at 1:14am Check out my latest Philadelphia Public School Notebook Blog " Books Boys Cant Resist." Feel free to leave a comment and/or share with your network ... read more	737 Views	2 comments	Added by Mary Ann Loch on Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47am Thank you for this!! ... read more
T-C Sheila Carter-Jones wins Naomi Long Madgett book award Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 18, 2012 at 8:31pm Western Pennsylvania Writing Project fellow Sheila Carter-Jones won the 2012 Naomi Long Madgett book award for poetry. Her book, Three Birds Deep, ca... read more	261 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
What Teachers Most Need to Know about Teaching Expository and Persuasive Writing Added by Lennie Irvin on Jul 13, 2012 at 4:50pm From your experience working with teachers at any level from 4th through 12th, what are the chief concerns and needs that these teachers have related... read more	1,358 Views	11 comments	Added by Cecilia Pattee on Aug 21, 2012 at 2:39pm Lennie, I'd like to see Elbow's Map of Writing. Can you email that to me? ceciliapattee@gmail.com Thanks, Cecilia ... read more
Seeking contributions to new blog, www.teachersspeakup.com Added by Steven Zemelman on Jul 11, 2012 at 3:09pm In response to frequent attacks on teachers and public education, nationally, I and some colleagues have launched a new blog, www.teachersspeakup.com... read more	298 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Gender Segregation: Hot Topic . . . What do you think? (link to the article posted below) Added by natalie goyeneche on Jul 9, 2012 at 9:02am http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/08/more-public-schools-split_0_n_1657505.html ... read more	569 Views	1 comment	Added by Jamie Langley on Jul 9, 2012 at 11:15am I teach at a public girls' school in Austin, Texas. We are a Young Women's Leadership Academy. In our five years of existence I have seen... read more