Press Release: Leading Young Writers

Leading Young Writers begins on August 24th! See our press release here! The best writing teachers are teachers who are writers themselves. Short term outcomes we are expecting are an increase in teacher enthusiasm for writing, a desire to share writing and reading with students; an opening-out of both teachers' cultural voices; and the development of a pool of writing workshop facilitators. Longer-term outcomes we expect are improved student academic success in language arts; the sustained and productive use of teaching strategies that promote critical thinking in language arts classes in schools; and a transformation in students' attitudes about, and habits of, critical thinking, writing and reading.