National Writing Project

Writing Is Essential

Writing is essential to success in school and the workplace. Yet writing is a skill that cannot be learned on the spot; it is complex and challenging. Through NWP's professional development programs, teachers in all subject areas and all grade levels learn new strategies to help their students become accomplished writers and learners. More ›

Improving Writing and Learning in the Nation's Schools

Improving Writing and Learning in the Nation's SchoolsNWP's latest brochure makes a case for the positive impact NWP has on students and teachers, and how it is improving writing in America. More ›

Keeping the Promise of the 21st Century: Bringing Classroom Teaching into the Digital Age

Keeping the Promise of the 21st CenturyInverness Research reports on lessons learned from the NWP Technology Initiative and highlights policy supports needed to help teachers bring their classrooms into the digital age. More ›

Features

National Day on Writing

NWP Teachers Plan Activities to Celebrate National Day on Writing

Writing project sites across the nation are gearing up for the National Day on Writing on October 20, 2009. Teachers have planned writing marathons, family writing nights, author readings, student readings, and more. More ›

How Local Sites Can Participate in the National Day on Writing

Writing Project Sites Create Local Writing Galleries

Billy Collins

Poet, Educator, Advocate Billy Collins to Address Annual Meeting

Two-time Poet Laureate Billy Collins has a mission to bring good contemporary poetry that is accessible and pleasurable to students in schools across the nation. More ›

Register for the 2009 NWP Annual Meeting

 

NWP in Action

New Digital Media in the Lives of Our Children at Home and School

To highlight the role of digital media in improving lifelong learning, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation sponsored a Congressional briefing with presentations by the National Writing Project, the Consortium for School Networking, and Common Sense Media.

Watch videos from the briefing and read transcripts of speakers' remarks. More ›

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