National Writing Project Partners in Initiative with John Legend and MacArthur Foundation

Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Type: In the News
In partnership with LRNG Innovation—an offshoot of John Legend’s Show Me Campaign—and the MacArthur Foundation, the National Writing Project and Educator Innovator will be sponsoring a LRNG Innovation Challenge, investing in teams of teachers who are working to expand the time and space students have to create, explore, and follow their interests and passions.

Uncommon Core

Friday, August 22, 2014
Type: Resource
Jeff Wilhelm, Michael Smith, and Deborah Appleman discuss Uncommon Core, their book about the misunderstandings surrounding “standards-aligned” instruction, and strategies for avoiding them in service of meeting the intent of the Common Core.

NERA Conference Coming

New England Reading Association’s
presents its 2011 conference
“Teaming for Literacy”
September 29-30, 2011
at the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center
Sturbridge, MA

This conference is loaded with talented presenters, including Massachusetts Writing Project Teacher Consultants Dr. Floris Wilma Ortiz-Marrero, Kevin Hodgson, and Bruce Penniman. It also marks a return to New England for Dr. Ernest Morrell, keynote speaker from the recent NWP Urban Sites Network Conference. Other notable presenters include Dr. Lucy Calkins, from Columbia University’s Teachers College and another Massachusetts DESE Director of Humanities and Literacy Susan Whettle.

<<Download the complete program>>

NWP Launches New Digital Is Website

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NWP launches Digital Is website in November 2010

In addition to November being the month of NWP’s Annual Meeting, this month also ushered in the new NWP Digital Is website. Part knowledge base, part professional community, and part teaching provocateur, the Digital Is website explores the art and craft of writing, as well as associated teaching and learning of writing practices. However, this site is also designed to spark innovation and thought regarding education and culture in the new digital landscape.

A joint effort of NWP and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative, Digital Is culminates years of research and work. Focused on the art and craft of digital composition, the site is divided into four areas of focus, including a deep collection of curated work and projects from the NWP teacher network and drawing from community resources.

Teacher Consultants and more are encouraged to join the community, discuss, and participate.