A Thousand Blog Posts for NWP: A Letter to Washington, DC

Date: April 4, 2011

Summary: Teachers across the nation are blogging to support NWP in a campaign called "Blog for NWP." The goal is to reach 1,000 blog posts by April 8, 2011—and get NWP written into the federal budget as a result.

"Blog for NWP" spans the nation.

From Hawaii to Maine, fingers are banging away on keyboards as a grassroots blogging campaign to support NWP has gone viral.

The immediate goal: 1,000 blog posts by April 8, 2011.

The larger goal: to get NWP written into the federal budget so that it can continue its vital work.

In March President Barack Obama signed a bill eliminating direct federal funding for the National Writing Project, so NWP teachers are fighting to get its funding reinstated the best way they know how: with writing.

The campaign goes by the moniker "#blog4nwp"—the hashtag that allows relevant posts to be easily grouped on search results and Twitter.

Chad Sansing, a teacher-consultant with the Central Virginia Writing Project, started the effort. "The #blog4nwp effort is a testament to the lasting power of the NWP as professional development and as a professional community. We are all writers. Moreover, we are all leaders," says Sansing. "Our #blog4nwp is proof positive that decentralized teacher leadership and expertise work to champion and, hopefully, preserve educational initiatives that foster authentic learning and real change in the lives of teachers and students alike."

Because Sansing is archiving the posts, he wants people to email him or @ or DM him on Twitter if he misses any.

Spreading the Word to Influencers

Most important to Sansing, however, is that the posts are read by the people who have influence. To maximize your efforts, he recommends the following:

• Share #blog4nwp posts with your local media and members of Congress.
• Share on Twitter with @EdPressSec, @Ed_OutReach, @whitehouse, and @BarackObama.
• Ask educational influencers on Twitter—such as @AndrewBeatty, @jcohenap, @MintzAP, @TB101163, @JWilliamsAP, @valeriestrauss, @dianeravitch, @educationweek, @ascd, and @aasahq—to cover #blog4nwp.

Possible Blog Topics

If you haven't blogged before and wonder what to blog about, consider these possibilities:

• Letters you've sent to your representatives in Congress
• Visits you've made to your representatives in Congress
• Stories of classroom practice: student work, professional collaboration, the teaching of writing
• Stories of teacher leadership

For more, read info about the movement and tips about setting up a blog.

Excerpts from Blog for NWP

We've collected the following excerpts so that you can read the passion, wisdom, and fervent beliefs that teachers and others nationwide have shared in the past few weeks.

Bridging the gap between teacher training and what students need
"The National Writing Project bridges that gap between what was not in our teacher education classes and what our students demand from us as we prepare them for their worlds."
—Ellen Shelton

Writing as critical thinking
"By emphasizing analytical inquiry and current events over superfluous drills, the NWP teacher engages the student, challenging their long-harbored convictions, and making reading and rhetoric relevant to the student."
—Leslie Joblin

Writing as a job skill
"Inability to effectively communicate through writing is often cited as the top deficiency of college graduates entering the workforce. By giving our teachers the tools to be successful in writing instruction, we can greatly increase the odds that students will leave high school and college with the writing ability that so many employers are demanding."
—Jonathan Hardin

Keeping students at the center
"The role of the student is never more front and center than it is when NWP teachers are talking about the struggles and successes of a young writer."
—Kevin Hodgson

Scratch the surface of nearly every worthy reform effort in education, and you'll find NWP teacher-consultants.

Helping students become "living and breathing action words"
"I am a writer and a teacher. I am an encourager of stories. It is my job as educator to help my students become living and breathing action words. Writing is an act of creation and as humans we must: thirst, question, reflect, publish, narrate, connect, respond, revise, amplify, listen, invent, define, interact, ruminate, change...."
—Amy Laitinen

Writing—one of the hardest subjects to teach
"Writing is one of the hardest things to teach in school—to teach well, that is. NWP gets teachers writing, studying pedagogy, discussing, and planning with their peers."
—Richard Koch

Providing answers to new teachers
"Picture this: a teacher fairly new to the education world, charged with the daunting task of preparing fourth grade students for the state writing assessment. This teacher had very little writing training and preparation in her college education courses. She was overwhelmed, confused, and helpless. What did this teacher do? She turned to the University of Mississippi Writing Project for guidance, support, and what she needed the most: answers."
—Katie Naron

NWP breeds teacher-leaders
"Scratch the surface of nearly every worthy reform effort in education, and you'll find NWP teacher-consultants—initiating or collaborating, rolling up shirtsleeves to make good work happen."
—Laura Roop

The American spirit
"NWP embodies the American spirit. With our work we honor the hope, the continuance of the search, the words to share the observances, and the connectedness and the belief that it is moral to examine, converse, contemplate, suggest, share, and honor the integrity of American learners who continue to ask the hard questions while using their creativity to envision a world that will have nothing to do with disbelief."
—Carol Roger

This nation will lose the advantage it has if students can't read and write well.

The best ideas in education
"The NWP taught us strategies for modeling, discussing, and practicing the writing process with our students; it gave us ideas for ways to share amazing literature; it gave us the Writer's Notebook where students can play in all genres of writing; and it helped us learn to collaborate to create even greater work. Through WP workshops, retreats, and institutes, I continue to stay on top of the best ideas in education, and I am able to bring the best resources into my classroom."
—Julie Kay

NWP as a bargain investment
"So why, with all that good stuff going on in NWP, is the federal government suddenly flicking us off the budget like a piece of lint? NWP is, by today's standards, cheap . . . . We weave states' standards into everything we do. We keep abreast of changes in education law that might affect literacy instruction. We welcome teachers from ALL curriculum areas, as writing is universal and not limited to the English language arts. We create sub-networks of teachers from rural sites and urban sites to address literacy issues that are specific to those areas. We take responsibility for the task of educating our children, and sharing what works to that end with the politicians who need to hear it. There is no downside to the National Writing Project."
—Kim Sutherland

A nation losing its advantage
"This nation will lose the advantage it has if students . . . can't read and write well; the nation will soon lose its advantage if students can't develop their creativity and imagination; the nation will soon lose its advantage if students don't have teachers to guide them through."
—Lynn Chih-Ning Chang

The act of becoming
"I am like my students in this way also; I need something bigger than myself to believe in and to follow. I need to see that what I do makes a difference and isn't just done for the sake of doing. I crave the collaboration and friendship of kindred spirits and I need to be reminded that what I am today is NOT what I may yet become."
—Maria Mogal

Helping students read and write more
"My students read more, interact through social networks, use digital writing and technology naturally, and score better on tests because of the magic I bring from the National Writing Project."
—Michael Prier

Professionally effective and cost-effective
"Because of the intense data collection the NWP required of me to continue our site's funding, I had a very clear picture that the work we were doing was professionally effective and cost-effective."
—Melanie Burdick

The Writing Project teaches us how to listen to other people.

One summer of NWP equals years of teacher training
"I learned more about the practice of teaching and effective teaching methods in four weeks [at an NWP summer institute] than my two years of teacher training...I felt ready for my first classroom. I've never looked back and [ever since I've been] a strong advocate for the NWP."
—Larry Neuburger

Better student participation and attendance
"Since my experience with [the Writing Project], I [have achieved] complete participation in my creative writing classes . . . I have also seen a spike in the attendance rate in my classes, a difficult achievement in a low-achieving school district...I have created a classroom environment students want to be in."
—Laura Lennox Ifill

Learning how to listen
"The [Writing Project] teaches us how to listen to other people. When the room is filled with teachers from all different backgrounds and the subject is how to reach all students, we have to begin by listening to each other."
—Katie Kline

"Because of my association with the NWP...I have:

• valued the input of teachers of writing from all grade levels
• taken on leadership roles in my school and community
• listened better to opposing viewpoints
• written more
• asked my students to write more often
• enjoyed reading my students' work more than ever before
• borrowed umpteen wonderful teaching strategies
• integrated the use of technology in my classroom
• collaborated with teachers and schools from across my city
• encouraged my colleagues to write, to publish, to present
• incorporated a habit of inquiry into my teaching
• been challenged to think about access, relevance, and diversity
• studied the work of great teachers from across the country
• laughed. A lot.
• become a better learner and a better teacher"

—Annie Riggs

Read All of the Posts

As of May 12, 2011, the tally of recorded #blog4nwp blog posts had reached 433—short of the goal in number, but not in spirit. Peruse all 433 below.

#blog4nwp Posts

1. Kate Willaredt – Save the NWP
2. Mary Tedrow – Mourning in America
3. Joseph Kahne – Congress Decides Literacy is a Bridge to Nowhere
4. Delaine Zody – Do you teach writing?
5. Susan R. Adams – How a Teacher Becomes a Writer
6. Leslie Morton – I started thinking numbers...
7. Ellen Shelton – Why the National Writing Project Matters
8. Jeromy Winter – #blog4nwp
9. Kristin H. Turner – The Best Gift I Gave Myself – NWP
10. Bryan Crandall – In Support of the National Writing Project
11. Pam Moran – I Write for Savannah
12. Chad Sansing – A student voice in games-based learning
13. Britton Gildersleeve – #blog4nwp
14. Paul Oh – Writing is Thinking
15. Paul Oh – An Idea
16. Lisa @teachingfriends – Why We Need to Save the National Writing Project
17. Chad Sansing – To President Obama
18. Kathee Godfree – The Value of the National Writing Project
19. Kevin Hodgson – March Book Madness: Because Digital Writing Matters
20. Kevin Hodgson – Why the National Writing Project Matters
21. Kevin Hodgson – Slice of Life: Rally for the NWP
22. Meenoo Rami – Save NWP
23. Sandra Shattuck – NWP – BEST deal ever!
24. Amanda Cornwell – Uncertainty
25. Meg Petersen – Save the National Writing Project
26. Stephanie West-Puckett – Bridging Equity: Every Story Has Two Sides
27. Troy Hicks – On Scholarship, Significance, and the NWP
28. Red River Valley Writing Project – Blogging to save NWP
29. April Estep – Chad Sansing Made Me Do It
30. Paula White – Voice Matters–Just Ask My Kindergarteners
31. Kevin Hodgson – A Found Poem
32. Keri @OzarksWP – What the National Project Means to Me
33. Nancy Devine – The Importance of the National Writing Project
34. Save the National Writing Project Facebook Cause
35. Gail Desler – Blogging 4 NWP
36. Ira Socol – Funding What Works
37. Ryan Swank – Two RSS feeds from the National Writing Project I count on daily.
38. Rita Sorrentino – Save the NWP
39. Julia Hewitt – Bearing witness
40. Joel Malley – Standing Against the Tide with the NWP
41. Danielle Helzer – Blogging for NWP
42. Donalyn Miller – Raising Our Voices in Support of the National Writing Project
43. Stephanie Vanderslice – Support the NWP: A Very Special Blog Post
44. Chris Sloan – Don't cut the good stuff, or My two cents (literally
45. Uma Krishnaswami – Don't Write Off the National Writing Project
46. Margaret Simon – Fifteen Years with the National Writing Project
47. Janelle Quintans Bence – Because of NWP
48. Karen Allmen – Why I Have This Blog
49. Sally Martin – Restore National Writing Project Funding
50. Marilyn J. Hollman – Then I Met the Writing Project
51. Grant Faulkner – Writing Project Teachers as Writers and Bloggers
52. Rafi Santo – Getting Clear on Priorities: Save the National Writing Project
53. Christina Cantrill – Learning in Community
54. Gail Desler – Why the National Writing Project Matters – Some stolen thoughts and words
55. Peter Pappas – The National Writing Project Needs More Than Praise, It Needs Funding
56. Bonnie Kaplan – Blog4NWP: Save the Writing Project
57. Lynn Jacobs – The National Writing Project, My Students and Me
58. Shane Wilson – If the Pen Is Mightier...
59. Bill Tucker – The Mustard Tree
60. Paul W. Hankins – #blog4NWP: NWP SI: The Best "How I Spent My Summer" Theme You'll Ever Write
61. Carol Williams-Revelle – Why we should save the National Writing Project
62. Julia Hewitt – Beyond Crusher
63. Julia Hewitt – Celebrating Summer Institute
64. Michele Simonetty – That's What Writers Do!
65. Karen Keltz – blog 4NWP
66. Joseph McCaleb – On the Redemption of Rhetoric
67. Jeremy Hyler – NWP – I Am A Writer!
68. Shannon Falkner – Preserving National Writing Project
69. Jennifer DiAngeles – Writing for Real – March, 20th
70. Upper Peninsula Writing Project – The National Writing Project...it is life changing!
71. Gavin Tachibana – To the Teachers, Thoughts from an NWP Staffer
72. Lisa Madden – Keep Paying It Forward
73. Mr. Kabodian – The world does not make sense anymore
74. Amy Laitinen and Jennifer Kobylinski – PLEASE SAVE THE NWP: A Student's Perspective (Amy)
75. Bud Hunt – There's No One Coming. That's Okay. A #blog4nwp
76. Kimberly Crandall – The Importance of Funding The National Writing Project
77. Jack Zangerle – Why the Common Core Needs the National Writing Project
78. Lynette H Harris – A Rural Perspective
79. Andrea Zellner – Sometimes words are enough: #blog4NWP
80. Fred Mindlin – #blog4nwp "...write about something that matters"
81. Andrea Zellner – The #blog4nwp VoiceThread
82. Kara Graci – I Am More Than A Statistic
83. Judy Jester – Save the National Writing Poject
84. Michael Thornton – Lost and Unengaged
85. Jan Sabin – NWP = Magical Kingdom
86. Kay McGriff – Teachers Write the Way
87. Erin Wilkey – Teacher Writers Reflect Deeply, #blog4nwp
88. M.E. Steele-Pierce – OWP-NWP At Risk
89. Chad Sansing – #blog4nwp Reflections
90. Aaron Thiell- On the NWP
91. Shullamuth Smith – National Sanity Project
92. Sheri Edwards – #blog4nwp
93. Zac Chase – Things I Know 78 of 365: I Blog4NWP
94. Caroline – Why We Need the National Writing Project
95. Jane Carlile Baker – National Writing Project
96. Sara Beauchamp-Hicks – Advocating for the NWP: A Mother's Perspective
97. Sara Allen – Why I Value the National Writing Project
98. Aaron Thiell – On the NWP
99. Mardys Leeper – Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
100. Mary Meyer – Blog 4 NWP
101. Chris Lehmann – Save the National Writing Project
102. Cody Walker – National Writing Project
103. Karen Chichester – A Day Late, but....A Old Dog Can Learn New Tricks
104. Ann Etchison – Writing Everyday
105. Tanya Baker – Stewardship
106. Aaron Thiell – Keep Your Heart in Yourself
107. Alicia McCauley – Giving Voice
108. Michael Thompson – NWP Empowers All of Us
109. Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez – Social Justice and the National Writing Project
110. Bud Hunt – An Open Letter to Congressman Cory Gardner – Restore Funding for the National Writing Project
111. Steve J. Moore – Something That Works
112. Barbara Hasselbach – Even finance people can be convinced to write
113. Angela Stockman – Missed Opportunities: The National Writing Project
114. Lacy Manship – The Kind of People Here
115. Juli Peterson – #blog4nwp: Grammar Bootcamp Changed My Life
116. H.K. Hummel – A New Engangered Species: Our Teacher Communities
117. Kevin Hodgson – The Half-Full NWP/WMWP Glass: We Still Have Us
118. Chad Sansing – 3 ways to help #blog4nwp
119. Chad Sansing – 15 #blog4nwp easy-tweets
120. Kevin Hodgson – Dear Sen. Brown/Sen. Kerry: Support NWP
121. Joel Malley – Call to Action: #blog4NWP
122. Bonnie Kaplan – Blog4NWP: 19/31 SOLC
123. Andrea Zellner – #blog4NWP, twitter, and speaking up
124. April Estep – #Blog4NWP And Being Bossy
125. Drew Henry – To Whom It May Concern
126. Cindy Urbanski – #blog4nwp: The force of the NWP
127. Cindy Urbanski – What Writing Project Teachers Do
128. Karen Greco – I attribute my success to the National Writing Project
129. Elizabeth Schurman – Why We Should Fund the National Writing Project
130. Peter Kittle – Community, Professional Development, and the NWP #blog4nwp
131. Joseph McCaleb – NWP: Time of Transition
132. Thomas Perry – Writing is ESSENTIAL in all communication
133. Maria Angala – I will see it through...
134. Joe Bellacero – Those Who Can...Teach
135. Michelle Schneden – Save the National Writing Project!
136. Rich Argys – The Best There Is
137. Melanie Burdick – NWP – Teaching Writing for Work and Soul
138. Gail Desler – The NWP Does Not Offer a Finder's Fee
139. Michael Prier – NWP is Good Eats
140. Bud Hunt – I'd Look at the Congressional Fridge. Wouldn't You?
141. Maria – Blogging for NWP
142. Lynn Chih-Ning Chang – Congress needs to reconsider its decision
143. Kim Sutherland – Education Disaster Marinade
144. Michelle Shaw – #blog4nwp Save NWP
145. Julie Kay – Thoughts on the NWP
146. Larry Campbell – #blog4nwp – This project is invaluable
147. Carol Roger – NWP embodies the American spirit
148. Anita Rose Merando – The Authors
149. Laura Schiller – I, for one, am ready to march
150. Sara Burnett – The NWP invigorates practice
151. Jonathan Hardin – NWP is a capital investment
152. Leslie Joblin – We need Critical Thinkers. We need informed and inquiring citizens. We need the National Writing Project.
153. Art Peterson – The National Writing Project is a Revolution
154. Richard Koch – #blog4nwp: The Crucial Work of NWP
155. Laura Roop – #blog4nwp: Over Half of My Life with NWP
156. Leslie Morton – Why NWP maters? Because it allowed me to meet Billy Collins!
157. Leslie Morton – Dr. Livingstone I Presume? Thanks for the writing help!
158. Katie Naron – A Story of Transformation
159. Sandra Hamilton – NWP – A Professional Home
160. Michelle Rogge Ganon – How can we possibly do without the National Writing Project?
161. Joanne Wisniewski – Our words define us
162. Beth Ann Rothermel – A stronger teacher of teachers
163. Yvonne Holland – What more could you want?
164. Paul Oh – invitations, exultations and grandmothers
165. Anthony Pennay – A Modest Proposal
166. Bud Hunt – A #blog4nwp in Which I Ask for Your Assistance. Urgently.
167. Chad Sansing – Three #blog4nwp questions for the next two weeks
168. Kristin Korneliussen – In Support of the National Writing Project
169. Kim Ellis – I would be heartbroken to lose the writing project
170. Pamela Ugor – #blog4nwp – Students, schools, and education working together
171. Sue Books – #blog4nwp – I know of no other program that works so well
172. Nicole Gauden – My Voice
173. Heather Hollands, Word ... to the Mic
174. Amy Laitinen, Digital Is...Teaching Our Writing to Breathe
175. Paul Oh, Hope
176. Leigh Graves Wolf – #blog4nwp
177. Amy Laitinen, The Hand As Map: NWP & the Holocaust Educators Network
178. Larry Neuberger, The National Writing Project – 1600 E. Memory Lane
179. Laura Lennox Ifill – The National Writing Project makes better teachers
180. Katie Kline, Collaborating, Writing and Listening in the GKCWP
181. Anne Herrington, "As a citizen, it's beyond me ..."
182. Mike Cassidy – Digital literacy mortally wounded in budget battle
183. Amy Van Zanten – #blog4nwp – Endless benefits
184. Lucille Burt – Dear Senator Kerry
185. Linda Bieber – Thank you, NWP
186. Mike Rush – A Word While I Wait
187. Bill Stewart – NWP
188. Annie Riggs – What I can add
189. Rochelle Ramay – Imagine the Silence #blog4nwp
190. Heather Hollands – March Madness: We Need A Win in Education with the NWP
191. Kathleen Gorney – NWP opens doors
192. Lisa Koen – #blog4nwp – The camaraderie of writers
193. Rebecca Burdett – Don't let the National Writing Project be a casualty
194. Christine McCartney – #blog4nwp – An invaluable partner
195. Jessica Beck – Connecting with NWP
196. Amanda Cornwell – SOLSC ~ 2011 ~ 29/31
197. Meredith Stewart – An Unlikely Advocate
198. Floris Wilma Ortiz-Marrero – A unique professional development organization
199. Ann Hovey – #blog4nwp – Invigorating and life-changing
200. Julie Jee – NWP keeps my love of teaching alive and well
201. Bud Hunt – Yeah. It's like that.
202. Lisa Weight – #blog4nwp – Tremendous impact
203. Laura Tracy Baisden – Blog 4 NWP Support
204. Charles Moran – The National Writing Project is a national treasure.
205. Shannon Boling – DC Bound
206. Larry Neuburger – The National Writing Project – 1600 E. Memory Lane
207. Jason Courtmanche – Leaner and Meaner
208. Tim Buchanan – The NWP is a great hope for human growth
209. Kathy Moran – The One and Only Writing Project
210. Teachers Teaching Teachers – Why we love the National Writing Project and why federal funding is important
211. Bud Hunt – Everyone's a writer. NWP taught me that.
212. Chad Sansing – Poppycock
213. Ray Palasz – #blog4nwp – This is one program that you should support
214. Northern California Writing Project – Save the National Writing Project! #blog4nwp
215. Ruth Ferris – Writing Matters
216. Teresa Bunner - Letter to the President
217. Kevin Hodgson - The Writer In Me: Slice of Life, NWP, and More
218. Shirley Brown - Save the NWP
219. Lizbeth Bryant – Pushing for NWP
220. Patsy Pipkin – #blog4nwp – A win-win learning experience
221. Katie Kline – NWP Job Losses Impact Local Work
222. Ted Fabiano – #blog4nwp – Writing preserves humanity
223. Kelly Muprhy – The Importance of the National Writing Project
224. Joel Malley – Learning is not a race
225. Patricia Roberson – What NWP Means to Me and My Students
226. BLOG4NWP Posterous contributor – NWP Connected Me to Passionate Writers and Life Long Friends
227. Cindy Rush – The positives of NWP and how it has impacted me, a non-teacher
228. Chad Sansing – #blog4nwp by Friday, April 8th, 2011
229. Vicki Holmsten – NWP in the 4 Corners
230. Britton Gildersleeve – `We will be salt in the body politic'
231. Kevin Hodgson – At the 4Cs: Our NWP Connections
232. Pat Mumford – Dear Oprah
233. Chad Sansing – The United States of #blog4nwp
234. Scot Squires – #blog4nwp – NWP High
235. Nicolas Gutkowski – I Want To Be Heard (blog4nwp)
236. Bruce Penniman – A Letter to President Obama
237. Joe Bellacero – Are you listening, Mr. Duncan, Sir?
238. Gretchen Draper – The End of the Summer Institute
239. Gretchen Draper – Passion
240. Gretchen Draper – Storm Clouds over Washington
241. Laura Beachy – Digesting the Field Trip
242. Sean Robertson – Why the National Writing Project Matters
243. Monique Poldberg – Setting the Stage
244. Sally Crisp – Dear President Obama
245. Nick Chanese – Personal Business: The National Writing Project
246. Denise Hinson – A Blog for the National Writing Project
247. Ruth Lizotte – Fight for NWP
248. Donna Montenegro – Letter to NH Senator Jeanne Shaheen
249. Nancy Reece – The importance of writing and learning
250. Marcie Wolfe – My story is the National Writing Project story
251. Liz Tascio – Standing on Stage with a Poem in My Hand
252. Alisa Wood – Writing IS the Student
253. David S. White – Writing Plays a Vital Role in Life
254. Steve J. Moore – Everything Must Go!
255. Nick Jenkins – Writing Instruction Gives Students a Leg Up
256. Ann Shelton – From a Retired Librarian
257. Lauren Wright – Writing as Essential in Every Aspect of Life
258. Mallory Davidson – NWP is a Valuable Tool for our Nation's Educators
259. Leslie S. Cook – I attribute my success to the National Writing Project.
260. Grant Faulkner – To Write or Not to Write. To Be or Not to Be.
261. Jenny Moore – #blog4nwp: Writing for our Students, Ourselves
262. Margaret Fiore – Committed to lifelong learning
263. Ed Osterman – On Being Transformed
264. Julie Johnson – Opening Doors Through National Writing Project
265. Karen LaBonte – It's the WRITING, Stupid
266. Crystal Beach – Because Writing Matters...
267. Corey Harbaugh – A Dozen Years of Teacher Leadership
268. Debi Freeman – Why the Writing Project Matters
269. Rebekah Crider – It Should Concern All of Us
270. Trace Martin – Writing Makes Students Competitive
271. Hilary Adamec – Cutting NWP Funding Is a Terrible Disservice
272. Robert Shelton – A Father's Support for NWP
273. Constance Krueger – Teachers, take hold of your profession.
274. From the Wabanaki Writing Project – NWP – Nurturer of America's Soul
275. Rose Coon – Fight for the NWP
276. Fran Simone – Fight for the NWP
277. Sandy – National Writing Project
278. Lee G. Lehto – MWP
279. Britton Gildersleeve – We Do Not Sacrifice Children
280. Jilleyn Walker – Support for National Writing Project
281. Sharon Martin – Squabbling Over Crumbs
282. Jeff Grinvalds – Save the National Writing Project
283. Paul Sanchez – Aporia
284. Jillian Ross – What I Have Learned From A National Model of Praxis: The Core Values of NWP
285. Susan Al-Jarrah - Fight for the NWP
286. Penny Bowles – Don't Write Off the National Writing Project
287. Penny Bowles – Save NWP!
288. Jamie Hughes – It's the Write Thing to Do
289. Kristy Singletary – The Capacity to Transform Education
290. Benjamin Gorman – Save the NWP!
291. Gail Poulin – NWP – Write On!
292. Dave Pulling – The National Writing Project Reviewers Creed
293. Sue Morrell – Cutting Worthy Programs: A Few Words in Favor of the National Writing Project
294. Lindsay Ellis – Hear us, Washington
295. Greg Moffitt – Writing for Superman
296. Stephanie Runion – Don't close the door on NWP
297. Sarah Rizzo – NWP Works!
298. Blog4NWP Posterous – Support for the Maine Writing Project
299. Blog4NWP Posterous – Funding for National Writing Project
300. Beth Campbell – My Experiences with the NWP
301. Courtney Cline – NWP – I was not, but now I am.
302. Erica Lynn – NWP
303. Laura Thompson – One of a Thousand
304. Pell Culler – Save National Writing Project
305. SaraBeth Bass – Fertile Ground
306. Shannon Sloan – NWPM
307. Toby Pirolla – NWP and What It Means to Me
308. Beth Campbell – Funding Should Be Increased for NWP
309. Kathleen Yeager – Restore Funding to the NWP
310. Colleen Martin – Teacher Consultant Colleen Martin Blogs for NWP
311. Joe Bellino – Fully Fund the National Writing Project
312. Paul Epstein – A Cut that Hurts
313. Scott Floyd – National Writing Project Grows Lifelong Learners
314. Amanda Gulla – The National Writing Project: Building Skills, Confidence, and a Sense of Joy
315. Frank Dehoney – Loss of Funding – Loss of Professional Development
316. Blog4NWP Posterous – NWP Blog Post
317. Debbie Dehoney – Passion for Teaching
318. Lisa Correnti – The National Writing Project: A True Blue Chip
319. Blog4NWP Posterous – NYCWP: A Place to Call Home
320. Rhonda Urquidi – Boise State Writing Project Changes Lives
321. Azalie Hightower – Fight to Keep NWP's Funding
322. Blog4NWP Posterous – What NWP Did for Me
323. Elaine Avidon – It's All Very Personal & It Isn't!
324. Sarah Harrington – Power Unleashed
325. Meredith DeCosta-Smith – The National Writing Project: Transforming Teachers, Transforming Lives
326. Susan Hendricks – Kids Are Writers
327. Carolyn Newell – Fight For NWP
328. Nancy Mintz – The Impact of NWP's National Programs
329. Christina Puntell – Collaborations strengthen connections to school, each other
330. Blog4NWP Posterous – A Writing Project Story
331. Kellie Hannum – NWP is too important to lose
332. Melanie Hammer – Love letter to NWP
333. Sondra Perl – My Origins in the National Writing Project – A Personal Reflection
334. Felicia George – Why We Need to Support the NWP
335. Leyanna Savaan – A Student Writes about her NWP-Trained Teacher
336. Chad Sansing -Why I'm Part of the Blog4NWP Campaign
337. Joanne Lannin – Why we need the National Writing Project
338. Kate Walton – NWP is Priceless
339. Blog4NWP Posterous – Fire and Ice
340. Peter Shaheen – A Case for the NWP
341. Stephanie Vanderslice – Why I am a Writing Project Site Director
342. Pamela Gamby Bagby – The Writer Within Us All
343. Blog4NWP Posterous – NWP Equals Continuous Life-long Learning
344. Blog4NWP Posterous – What Would Happen if those with the Power of the Purse Experienced the Power of NWP?
345. Kelsey Krausen – A Letter of Appreciation to Writing Project Teachers
346. Janie Brown- Why I Believe in the National Writing Project
347. Kate Moss - So Simple and So Rare
348. Crystal Beach – Writing For Everyone
349. NorCal Writing Project at Work – My Experiences with NCWP
350. Paul Oh – Poem In Your Pocket
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