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Applications for the 2012 NVWP Invitational Summer Institute are now available. Applicants may choose to apply for the Summer Institute at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, or the Summer Institute in the Valley at John Handley High School, Winchester, VA. NEW DATES: Both Summer Institute sessions will run from July 9th, 2012 through August 3, [...]

NEA Releases report from independent Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching The National Education Association has released a report entitled Transforming Teaching: Connecting Professional Responsibility with Student Learning  The report was produced by an independent commission, which included NVWP Co-Director Mary Tedrow.  NEA President Dennis Van Roeke said “More than 250 teachers and education leaders were nominated for [...]

Mark your calendars and save the dates for the NVWP’s 2012 Young Writers’ Workshops! This spring we will be hosting four workshops: on March 3, April 14, and April 21.  Interested students in grades 4-12 may attend.  On line registration will be available in early January.  To receive the latest information from the NVWP please subscribe [...]

On November 5th, 2011 the NVWP hosted its first annual Fall Renewal.  This year’s renewal leader was Sheridan Blau, Director Emeritus of the South Coast Writing Project in Santa Barbara, and Distinguished Senior Lecturer in English Education at the famed Teachers College in New York City. Below are four reflections from NVWP TCs Kim Overholt, [...]

On November 13th, 2011 Washington Post Columnist Jay Matthews published a column entitled Writing Lessons? Start Over.  With some prompting from our friends at the National Writing Project, NVWP Co-director Mary Tedrow, myself (Paul Rogers, Director, NVWP), and Emmet Rosenfeld a Teacher Consultant of the NVWP and National Board Certified teacher commiserated on writing a response. [...]