Day: <span>March 8, 2010</span>

Open Letter on Behalf of the National Writing Project (cross posted)

This post is cross-posted here and was written by Mr. Chase. The Gist: The current draft of the federal budget cuts direct funding for the National Writing Project. The NWP has been one of the few extremely successful examples of a nationally-networked effort to improve K-12 writing for 36 years. We …

Question 66 of 365: What kind of relationships do our communities require?

I have a daughter and a son. My wife is my best friend. I live in the suburbs. Whether these are cliches or not, they are the truth that I live each day. The seemingly mundane existence found within these three facts is a lot of what makes me who …