Newsletter
October 30, 2020
New Webinar Offerings!
Using the Notice and Note Signposts to Create Empowered Readers—Even at a Distance (webinar unavailable for replay)
December 10
Kylene Beers & Bob Probst
Cultivating Genius and Joy: An Equity Model for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy (webinar unavailable for replay)
March 17
Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
What Works Best for Lteracy Instruction? Visible Learning for Literacy in History/Social Studies and ELA
April 15
Dr. Doug Fisher
Highlights from our Blog
How do Writing Workshops Support Doctoral Student Writers?
In this study, Dr. Barbara Sarnecka and colleagues examine the impact of writing workshops on graduate students' writing lives. Takeaways from this study are relevant to all writers.
Resources from the National Writing Project
Teachers, librarians, and scholars SIFT through mis/disinformation about electoral processes and results in this October wrap-up
We’re still not through 2020’s election, but Mike Caulfield and NWP teacher leaders using the SIFT curriculum approach have had their eye out for electoral misinformation. Check out Mike’s weekly blog posts for an analysis of what you likely saw in your Facebook and Twitter feeds.
What's Better Than Sunday Brunch?
If you will be attending NCTE’s virtual conference, please set your alarms and join us for NWP’s Brunch, Sunday, 10:30-11:45am (EST). Our guest speaker, Ebony Flowers, is a cartoonist and an ethnographer. She will be sharing her work in graphic novels and picture-based storytelling and sense making. Besides coffee, bring some good pens and blank paper. You just might be inspired.
Grab your Cameras for an Exploration of the Experience and
Concept of Democracy 
Perhaps you were persuaded by Sheri Edwards in Let Them Write to jump into National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, this year. If so, Write Now has you covered in this CoLab. Join us for an orientation to NaNoWriMo, tips for making it work in the classroom or online, and pointers to resource collections covering everything from curriculum ideas to approaches to assessment. 
Resources from The UC Irvine History Project
Join the UCI History Project as we discuss how to integrate the 1619 Project into your classroom. We will consider the following question: What is the power of the 1619 Project to reframe our understanding of U.S. history and our contemporary society?
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About Us
The WRITE Center, funded by ​the US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, is a national center focused on researching and sharing best writing practices in secondary ELA and History classrooms. The WRITE Center pursues its goal of improving secondary students' writing by:

PARTNERING
with writing researchers, school leaders, and secondary teachers to address the national concern related to student writing
DEVELOPING
a focused plan of research to inform resources for teachers' source-based argument writing instruction
CONTRIBUTING
to the national conversation about Writing Research to Improve Teaching and Evaluation

For questions, please contact The WRITE Center at thewritecenter@gmail.com