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Boxes: Possibilities and limits

What do you see here? This morning I sent my son off to school to face a week of K-Prep…

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Inspiring writing, learning in six words

I want to share my love affair with six-word stories with you today. I have shared some of the ways…

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Never Forget To Feed The Writer

Final Update: As I embark on a season of transition into my third act (and retirement) I am thinking about…

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I started teaching for the light bulb, but stay for NWP

Recently William Zhou asked “why teach” on Edudemic and I decided this week’s blog post would be my response to…

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Feedback Loops & Writing Workshop

As I noted last week (Why Writing Studio?), I am devotee of writing workshop and a tremendous fan of Peter…

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Why Writing Studio?

The Writing Workshop is a time-honored tradition among writing teachers trained in National Writing Project methods as well as followers…