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Teacher-Writers: Then, Now, and Next

By Robert Yagelski, Anne Elrod Whitney, James Fredricksen, and Troy Hicks
Why should teachers write about their work? What is the evolution of this movement? The authors identify the teacher-writer as an activist, advocate, and knowledge creator. When teachers write and take on these various roles, they assert agency and authority in an age of teacher exclusion…
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"A More Complicated Human Being": Inventing Teacher-Writers

By Christine Dawson
How might teachers pursue and support personally and professionally worthwhile writing practices in the midst of the many demands associated with teaching? How might writing groups sustain their work together - in person or online? This final chapter from The Teacher-Writer: Creating Writing…
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"They Carried Us:" Exploring our Literacy Roots and Routes with Joy and Genius

Teachers from the Philadelphia Writing Project and educators at the African American Museum in Philadelphia developed and hosted a series of events focused on the hidden histories of African American women in Philadelphia from 1700 to the present. They created a series of public discussion…
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Write Now Teacher Studio

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Where teachers write, share, and talk shop about writing and the teaching of writing

Hosted by the National Writing Project, the Write Now Teacher Studio is an open, online community of educators for educators. It’s a place to write together, examine our teaching, create and refine curricula, and work toward ever more effective and equitable practices to create confident, creative, and critical thinkers and writers in our classrooms and courses.

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