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Update on FY2014 SEED Dear Colleague Letters Added by Bob Jobin on May 15, 2013 at 8:52am The SEED Dear Colleague Letters for FY2014 have now closed in both the US House and Senate. ... read more	15 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Small, Rural School Achievement Program _ Grant Opportunity Added by Joye Alberts on Mar 28, 2013 at 9:17am NWP Sites serving rural schools might want to take a look at this funding opportunity available to local educational agencies (LEAs) through the... read more	95 Views	2 comments	Added by Joye Alberts on Apr 4, 2013 at 5:34am Hopefully, the link is fixed. Try this one or pasting into your browser http://www2.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/eligibility.html. Let me know if it does... read more
Professionals Against Machine Scoring Of Student Essays In High-Stakes Assessment Added by Joye Alberts on Mar 20, 2013 at 12:26pm You may have seen the Professionals Again Machine Scoring of Student Essays in High-Stakes Assessment petition. Here is a link to the petition a... read more	133 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Automated Essay Evaluation Site Leader Calls: UPDATE Added by Linda Friedrich on Mar 5, 2013 at 2:03pm Approximately 35 site leaders joined calls on February 20 and 26, 2013 for conversations about automated scoring.... read more	77 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
SEED 2013 Federal Grant Competition Announced Added by Bob Jobin on Feb 13, 2013 at 2:45pm The newest Department of Education Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant competition was announced in the Federal Register on ... read more	258 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
The Department of Education Announces Winners of New Race to the Top District Competition Added by Bob Jobin on Dec 13, 2012 at 10:27am On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced the sixteen winners of the $400 million Race to the Top district competition: ... read more	140 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Models for the Model—A Report from a NWP Annual Meeting Preconference Session Added by Stefani Pautz on Nov 20, 2012 at 12:36pm 2012 National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Las Vegas Roundtable Discussion Summary: "Models for the Model," ISI Models and Approaches “W... read more	151 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Reflections on my term on the NWP Board of Directors: looking back, looking forward Added by Liz Campbell Stephens on Oct 11, 2012 at 10:01am When I was invited to serve as one of the NWP network leaders on the Board of Directors, I experienced a deja vu moment. I immediately remembered a p... read more	213 Views	3 comments	Added by Liz Campbell Stephens on Oct 16, 2012 at 8:29am Thank you, Elyse and Joye. You have been my guides from the start, and I owe YOU so much. I wish you all the best always. I look forward to seeing yo... read more
The Afterschool Alliance's Upcoming Celebration "Lights on Afterschool” Added by Bob Jobin on Oct 5, 2012 at 12:43pm Building on our successful collaboration on the briefing last month on Capitol Hill, the Afterschool Alliance wants to share the news about their upc... read more	103 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
New Resource: NWP Advocacy Calendar Added by Bob Jobin on Oct 1, 2012 at 2:06pm As the new school year and site year begin, we’d like to pass along a handy new guide to year-long outreach and engagement at your site. ... read more	129 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
NWP and the Afterschool Alliance Host D.C. Briefing Added by Bob Jobin on Sep 21, 2012 at 9:51am On Wednesday, September 19 in Washington D.C., sponsored by the Senate Afterschool Caucus, NWP and the Afterschool Alliance hosted a briefing for con... read more	229 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Reach out and share news about Local Site SEED Grants Added by Bob Jobin on Jun 20, 2012 at 1:30pm As NWP’s SEED funding reaches your Site, it is a perfect time to reach out to local media and your U.S. Senators and Representatives and share t... read more	220 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
NWP’s SEED Narrative and Reviewers’ Comments Posted Online Added by Bob Jobin on Jun 12, 2012 at 7:43am Dear Colleagues, ... read more	185 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Red Mountain Writing Project's scholarly writing retreat Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jun 1, 2012 at 11:25am Red Mountain Writing Project has had great success with their scholarly writing retreat for university faculty. It's a great model, and they unpack i... read more	210 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
5 Ways to Get Started with Fundraising Added by Caroline Griswold on May 22, 2012 at 4:44pm Here in northern California, the shifting of seasons is a somewhat subtle process. But in the last couple of weeks it has become clear: summer is def... read more	237 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Fundraising Stories from 3 sites Added by Joye Alberts on May 22, 2012 at 4:36pm The May 23, 2012 broadcast of NWP Radio will focus on fundraising and support strategies for local writing project site leaders.... read more	134 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
“Fundraising” is Not a Dirty Word: Writing a University Foundation Grant to Support a Writing Project Site Added by Jessica Early on May 21, 2012 at 2:40pm I am the director of the Central Arizona Writing Project (CAWP), which is a new site in the National Writing Project (founded in 2008). Like many dir... read more	350 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
The Department of Education Wants To Hear From You! Added by Bob Jobin on May 17, 2012 at 11:55am Recently, the 16 Teacher Ambassador Fellows, who serve for one year at the US Dept of Education, share expertise, and collaborate with policymak... read more	129 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
VT Program for Administrators and Teacher Leaders Added by Tish McGonegal on Apr 25, 2012 at 9:31am Notes from the field: A TC from our first ISI, now assistant superintendent in southern VT, contacted me and asked if I'd think with her about p... read more	159 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
WP TCs featured in What Teaching Means: Stories from America's Classrooms Added by Daniel Boster on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:18am My name is Daniel Boster, and I am a co-director of the Nebraska Writing Project and an English teacher at Ralston High School in Omaha, Nebraska.... read more	199 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
July 9-13, 2012 3RDspace Summer Leadership Institute in Creativity & Innovation Added by Ralph Cordova on Apr 13, 2012 at 1:05pm Are you ready to explore your untapped community resources like museums and libraries, in order to harness them as writing-project learning labs rele... read more	408 Views	2 comments	Added by Ralph Cordova on Apr 13, 2012 at 5:06pm Hello Samuel: ... read more
A Canopy view " The Village Proposal" book Review Added by samuel reed on Apr 12, 2012 at 4:19pm I invite collegues from around the country to check out my review of the book" The Village Proposal' written by a Chris Paslay, a high school English... read more	148 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Notebook Blogs: Support Teacher Innovation Added by samuel reed on Apr 6, 2012 at 1:14pm Check two recent blog posts on the Notebook website about Philasoup and Marci Resnick Teacher Fund.... read more	255 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Planning Your Finances for a Year of Transition Added by Michel Mathis on Apr 5, 2012 at 4:28pm SEED funding represents the first round of funding opportunities under a new contracting relationship between sites and the NWP Corporation. It... read more	195 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Weekend Update Added by NWP Updates on Mar 26, 2012 at 10:58am The pace is fast and furious at the NWP, so this weekend round-up will cover a lot of ground quickly. ... read more	135 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.