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Meet Cosmic Writers
Listen in to learn about Cosmic Writers’ commitment and approach to creative writing and why it is so important from a Cosmic Writer herself!
Writing Outside the Classroom: A Guide to Getting Started
For many years now, James Fester has supported Write Out via features at <em>Edutopia</em> and in The National Park Classroom. This year he has compiled a white paper to support teachers in thinking about taking their students outside to write.
Everyday Advocacy Playbook
Teachers often feel their expertise is ignored in discussions about education policy and curriculum. Everyday Advocacy is an approach that empowers teachers to take small, day-to-day actions to influence the public narrative around schools and teaching. This Playbook provides guidance and…
The Write Time with Author Rob Cameron and Educator Max Limric
This episode features Rob Cameron, a teacher, linguist, and writer who organizes the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers and founded the Constellations Mentorship program for the Octavia Project. Rob is interviewed by Max Limric, a pre-service elementary teacher who became interested in the…
The Write Time with Author Ellen Oh and Educator Melissa Thom
Ellen Oh is an award-winning author of numerous middle grade and young adult books including <em>The Spirit Hunters</em> series and <em>Prophecy</em> trilogy, and is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. Melissa Thom is a teacher librarian at Bristow Middle School in Connecticut with…
Teach What You Love—Chapter 5 from When Challenge Brings Change: How Teacher Breakthroughs Transform the Classroom
In 2023, the National Writing Project copublished <em>When Challenge Brings Change: How Teacher Breakthroughs Transform the Classroom</em>. In this collection of compelling narratives, high-school and college teachers show us how they have taken on issues such as faculty and student…
Write Now Teacher Studio
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.