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NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT
E-VOICE | SEPTEMBER 2004

============NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS============

RENEW AND REJUVENATE AT NWP ANNUAL MEETING IN INDIANAPOLIS --
Join your colleagues at the 2004 NWP Annual Meeting, November 18-20 in Indianapolis.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/04am/view/nwp_e/70

NWP WRITING STRAND AT NCTE CONVENTION --
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention, running concurrently with the NWP Annual Meeting, offers a strand of  sessions by NWP presenters, “Writing for All Students,” on Saturday, November 20.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/04am/print/nwp_docs/258

===================NWP AT WORK==================

THE WRITING PROJECT AND TULSA SCHOOLS COLLABORATE FOR SCHOOL REFORM THAT WORKS --
After 35 years of teaching, Eileen Simmons has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of professional development. She describes how her city’s latest school reform effort, the Tulsa Model, has created teacher professional development at its best—teacher-centered and designed around teacher questions and concerns.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1961

NWP SPEAKS: 30 YEARS OF WRITING PROJECT VOICES --
In the fourth of a five-part series, eight teachers connected with the writing project reflect on their experiences in NWP national programs and at national program events.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1966

IT TAKES A SCHOOL --
Mary Ann Smith describes a tour of Meade Elementary School, where a five-year partnership with the Philadelphia Writing Project has built a professional community working toward school reform.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1960

URBAN SITES FOCUS ON REFORM ISSUES --
Art Peterson examines Rochelle Nichols Solomon’s observations on race, equity, and excellence in education as presented in her keynote speech at the 2004 Urban Sites Conference.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1954

=================TEACHERS’ VOICES================

THE FAMILY WRITING PROJECT IN LAS VEGAS --
Family writing projects allow parents an entrée into school, one from which both they and their children benefit. Arthur Kelly describes activities he uses to get families writing together and answers some common questions about starting a family writing project.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1785

WHOSE CORE IS IT? --
Bilingual elementary school teacher Christina Puntel describes the challenges of adjusting to a city-mandated “core curriculum” that prescribes content structure and student performance standards for the entire year.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1962

THE BEST WAY TO TEACH GOOD WRITING IS ONE STEP AT A TIME --
Randy Koch shares six revision strategies and shows the evolution of one student’s paragraph as it gradually improves by applying several simple techniques.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1793

A NEW(COMER’S) PERSPECTIVE --
In this opinion piece, Richard Argys offers a few ideas he gleaned from the 2003 National Writing Project Annual Meeting. He reminds readers that data is powerful, teachers are in the strongest position to articulate best practices, and educators owe it to the profession to learn how administrations, school boards, and legislatures work.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1964


================ ABOUT E-VOICE ================

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