In Nebraska hen it was started in 1977, the Nebraska Writing Project was one the first Writing Projects in the United States. More than 20 years later, the program continues to aid Nebraska's teachers and benefit their students. The NeWP is one of 161 sites of the NWP and has involved more than 1,200 teachers since its inception. The Carnegie Foundation of New York has ranked the NWP as the best large-scale effort to improve composition instruction now in operation in the United States. The National Endowment for the Humanities called it the most effective and cost-effective project in the history of the endowment's support.
Teachers provide the best instruction for other teachers.
The best teachers of writers are writers themselves. Anyone, no matter his or her ability, can improve his or her writing in a supportive context with other practicing writers. Teachers, students, and communities benefit when teachers form networks with other teachers and draw on collective expertise. The National Writing Project is a professional program dedicated to improving writing and learning in schools nationwide by improving the teaching of writing. The NWP also strives to improve university, elementary, and secondary school professional development programs for classroom teachers and to increase their professional capabilities.