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How We Invest: Connecting Pensions and Thriving Schools

Our visit with Equable illustrates why educators should take a more active role in thinking...

Ready, Set, Go! It’s Time for NaNoWriMo

Jumping into National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in classrooms or online.

A Celebration of Write Out 2020

Highlights from Write Out 2020 and links to all the great resources for educators that...

National Writing Project and Kunhardt Film Foundation Present True Justice

In collaboration with the Kunhardt Film Foundation, the National Writing Project hosted a special online...

Grapple Series #4: Humanity. What Does it Mean to be...

By Beatrice Dias, Michelle King, and Laura Roop When do we feel most human? Is...

Beyond Storytime: A Colab Series

Writing Project teachers and interested authors and illustrators are getting set to launch a series...

Connected Learning and Play All Summer Long

The National Writing Project has put together a set of summer playlists designed with the...

New Distance-Learning Student Support for Youth Media Challenge

Our partner KQED Education has made it easier for teachers to lead students through the...

Performative Youth: The Literacy Possibilities of De-essentializing Adolescence

Our May Marginal Syllabus reading and author discussion asks, "What is possible when youth are...

#ThroughMyWindow: Reflecting on the Current Moment

Conceived by grad students at USC, the #ThroughMyWindow project asks people to connect with themselves—their...

The motto of the 2020 Census is EVERYBODY COUNTS!

Lessons to civically engage K-12 youth at the most fundamental level of being counted through...

Grapple Series, Session 3: Economics of AI

By Beatrice Dias, Michelle King, and Laura Roop Our third session in the Grapple Series...

Make with Me: Poem Pockets

April is National Poetry Month and the National Writing Project invites you to make a...

Let’s Give Them Something to Talk (And Act!) About: Privilege,...

Join our exploration of how two middle-school teachers established trust in their classrooms to set...

Teachers Supporting Teachers at the time of COVID-19

Educators with experience teaching and learning online have been supporting their colleagues in making thoughtful...

Join the Marginal Syllabus for Social Reading in a Time...

Join other educators in four synchronous social reading opportunities—or annotation "flash mobs"—with a focus on...

Writing Together, at Home and Online

A sojourn at home can be the occasion for lots of creativity around topics and...

The Grapple Series, Session 2: Algorithms & Justice

Educators explore and discuss algorithms and their relationship to justice. Part of a collaboration between...

LEARN Marginal Syllabus (March)—“Untold Stories”: Cultivating Consequential Writing with a...

Learn about one teacher's pedagogical approach to literacy, writing, and metaphor that can help others...

The Grapple Series Session 1: AI…What?!

The Grapple Series: Exploring the Intersections of Artificial Intelligence & Humanity is organized by educators...

LEARN Marginal Syllabus (February)—Praisesongs of Place: Youth Envisioning Space and...

Our February reading for the 2019-20 Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN Marginal Syllabus...

Become an “Exhibitionist” of Student Learning!

The Share Your Learning campaign advocates for public presentations to give students an authentic audience...

Gen Z Talks About Election 2020

The Let’s Talk About Election 2020 youth media challenge showcase officially opened January 20, 2020—exactly one year...

LEARN Marginal Syllabus (January)—Revising Resistance: A Step Toward Student-Centered Activism

Our January reading describes how one teacher helped students design their own learning, study issues...