If you're reading this, you’re probably interested in improving the writing of your students, and you're in the right place.
Our goal is to increase the quality of our students’ writing skills by sharing knowledge among experts and practitioners. We plan to share theory, practice, and research through our articles, feedback from our readers, and a numbers of web events in the planning as we launch. We will have teachers, writing assessment experts, academics, and others write about what they’ve tried, what works, how to implement ideas, and current theories on the subject of writing. We also plan to include lots of ideas regarding ways to get students writing more, since that’s the surest way to improve writing.
Many of the articles will be based on NWREL's 6+1 traits of writing, which provides a strong foundation for teaching writing. We will include topics like: writing as part of ELA, writing across disciplines, and writing instruction in different student populations and all segments of students.
The Blog is underwritten by Learning Express, LLC, the creator of eFolio. You’ll find more about the company and its key product on other pages of the blog. Without their participation, this effort would not be possible, and we thank them for their generous support of this effort. The Blog is managed by Academic Business Advisors, LLC, an organization committed to the improvement of education; however, the blog reflects the collective contribution of all of us. We encourage you to participate with ideas, topics, reactions, and shared experiences. We hope you’ll let us know when we’re on the right track and when we differ.
Please share this blog with friends and fellow educators who you think will benefit from and/or contribute to our collective learning.
If you have techniques or insights that you would like to share with the community, consider becoming a guest author.
Please contact Farimah Schuerman at (914)238-4435 or info@thewritingteacher.org with your article ideas.
