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The new frontier of advocacy Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on May 15, 2012 at 7:39pm Folks might be interested in this post from EdWeek that might as well been titled "how the sausage is made at the state level." It discusses th... read more	63 Views	1 comment	Added by Meg Petersen on May 16, 2012 at 3:17am I don't find this very encouraging. Rethinking Schools did a piece on Stand for Children recently that is relevant here. I don't feel that th... read more
High Energy Around Working with High Need Schools Added by Tom Fox on Apr 30, 2012 at 1:34pm Much of the current funding for professional development focuses on high needs schools, often defined as those schools that have over 50% of the stud... read more	101 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	42 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Understanding Language Creates An "ELLs and the Common Core" Channel Added by Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez on Apr 19, 2012 at 9:42am This group of EL researchers, policy makers, experts and administrators has just posted 14 very short videos on You Tube, detailing the content o... read more	18 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	63 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	170 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	51 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... read more	47 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	55 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Final SEED Dear Colleague Letters Added by Bob Jobin on Apr 3, 2012 at 12:05pm The SEED Dear Colleague Letters in both the Senate and US House have now closed. For those in D.C. for the Spring Meeting, it was wonderful t... read more	43 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Striving Readers Resources Added by Tanya Baker on Apr 2, 2012 at 12:19pm At a recent meeting of interested writing project leaders in states with Striving Reader Comprehensive Literacy grants, we mentioned resources that m... read more	36 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Connecting to Striving Readers Added by Tanya Baker on Apr 2, 2012 at 11:53am As part of its Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programming, the Department of Education funded the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (... read more	57 Views	2 comments	Added by Tanya Baker on Apr 3, 2012 at 4:35pm Hi JoBeth, Sorry about that! I thought it was attached. Now it definitely is (see above). Best, Tanya ... read more
Teacher Leadership Development RFP now available! Added by Joye Alberts on Mar 28, 2012 at 11:45am Continuing NWP sites are invited to apply for funding for Teacher Leadership Development as part of the Title II SEED grant funding awarded to the Na... read more	74 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	34 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Weekend update Added by NWP Updates on Mar 19, 2012 at 1:26pm Wow, a lot has happened in the couple of weeks since the last weekend update. So this update is devoted to a quick run-down on what's been happenin... read more	45 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Looking forward to the SEED grant Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Mar 18, 2012 at 2:11pm We know tht many of you are wondering what to expect from the SEED grant.... read more	45 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
FY2013 SEED Dear Colleague Letters Added by Bob Jobin on Mar 12, 2012 at 1:01pm Ask your U.S. Senators and Representatives to sign a Dear Colleague letter written to support increasing SEED competitive funding for NWP and... read more	450 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Weekend update Added by NWP Updates on Feb 27, 2012 at 2:46pm Hi all, ... read more	35 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
The 2012 Spring Meeting, President’s FY2013 Budget and an ESEA Reauthorization Update Added by Bob Jobin on Feb 17, 2012 at 12:17pm This year’s Spring Meeting continues to be an important opportunity to meet with legislators and share the story of your site and the work you cont... read more	123 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Weekend Update Added by NWP Updates on Feb 13, 2012 at 11:01am Well, it’s clearly report time in the NWP with your Site Reports due this past Friday and your ... read more	44 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Need Your Help -- Exciting Survey on Digital Technology, Writing, and Research Skills Added by Linda Friedrich on Feb 10, 2012 at 4:22pm NWP is partnering with the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the College Board on an exciting national study of teache... read more	120 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
eCampaign Donations to Sites Coming Soon! Added by Caroline Griswold on Jan 31, 2012 at 1:20pm To date 29 Writing Project sites have received donations through the Fall 2011 eCampaign. In early February checks and donor reports will be mailed... read more	49 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
NWP Spring Meeting Registration Now Open and NWP Advocacy on Blog Talk Radio Added by Bob Jobin on Jan 20, 2012 at 11:48am I have two NWP advocacy updates and some legislative news from D.C. The NWP Spring Meeting registration is now open! ... read more	94 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Weekend update returns Added by NWP Updates on Jan 15, 2012 at 12:50pm Dear colleagues, I’m pleased to be sending you the first weekend update of 2012 — and along with it New Year’s wishes for 2012. Big news i... read more	60 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
In-service Development Retreat Added by Leigh Unterspan on Jan 3, 2012 at 8:06pm The Upstate Writing Project would like to invite your site to join us in an In-service Development Retreat to bring together site leaders to exam... read more	67 Views	1 comment	Added by Joye Alberts on Jan 4, 2012 at 9:14am This sounds like a fabulous opportunity for sites to get together to think together about inservice programs that can serve the needs of teachers and... read more