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E-VOICE: The National Writing Project Newsletter
March - April 2010
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Making the Case for the National Writing Project
Learn how the Administration's requested 2011 federal budget could impact the Writing Project, and read what people are doing to gain support for NWP. More ›
Features Listening to the Sounds of Silence in the Classroom
Spring Meeting keynote speaker Katherine Schultz advises teachers to take a nuanced view of classroom silence, understanding its complexity and its role in participation. More ›
Educators Invited to Respond to Common Core State Standards
Read and respond to the draft of the Common Core State Standards by April 2. The draft standards will define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K–12 education careers. More ›
Tucson Teacher-Consultants Help Students “Gear Up” for College
Leaders of the Southern Arizona Writing Project have guided much of the thinking in Tucson's GEAR UP program, which prepares students in the city's high-needs schools for postsecondary education. More ›
California English Celebrates the California Writing Project
California English recently paid tribute to the California Writing Project's 35th anniversary by showcasing the work of CWP teachers—and the ways they demonstrate that teachers are the best teachers of teachers. More ›
Improving Students' Academic Writing: Developing New Knowledge about Teaching and Assessing for Improvement
NWP Ready for National Poetry Month
The National Writing Project offers an impressive array of resources to help teachers and students celebrate National Poetry Month. More ›
Urban Sites Network Conference
Patricia Smith: Exploring Life Through the Poetry of Personas
As the keynote speaker at the NWP's 2010 Urban Sites Network Conference, renowned poet and poetry slam performer Patricia Smith will discuss the intersections of poetry and teaching. More ›
Linda Christensen: Social Justice, Teaching Writing, and Teaching Teachers
Linda Christensen, site director, educator, and author, explores what it means to teach writing across the margins of life—and teach teachers—through the lens of social justice. More ›
Learn more about the Urban Sites Network Conference.
Book Reviews
Teaching for Joy and Justice
Vanessa Brown, director of the Philadelphia Writing Project, describes how Linda Christensen uses her critical pedagogy to confront the challenges of high-stakes curricular mandates for schools while promoting social justice. More ›
Why School?
Reviewer Tanya Baker reports that Mike Rose's book is a way toward restarting "a public conversation about the hopeful vision, the possibility, inherent in our nation's public schools." More ›
Spotlight On
The Dream Flag Project Spreads Hope Through Poetry
Students find a way to share their dreams with the world by studying a unique blend of Langston Hughes's poetry and Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags. More ›
Author's Corner
Jeanette Hopkins and The LadyBug Waltz
Jeanette Hopkins, teacher-consultant with the Iowa Writing Project, turns the diagnosis of her granddaughter's heart condition into inspiration for The LadyBug Waltz. More ›
Events and Opportunities
2010 NWP Spring Meeting March 25–26, 2010
2010 Urban Sites Network Conference April 23–24, 2010
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E-VOICE is the email newsletter of the National Writing Project, sent to members of NWP's online community (NWPi) and to NWP site leaders. To join NWPi, please visit the NWP website: www.nwp.org.
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