The Invitational Summer Institute is the heart of the project. To involve and support successful teachers in their own writing so that they can become better writers and better able to help their students. To make current research and practices in the teaching of writing available to teachers. The Carnegie Corporation has evaluated the NWP as the best large-scale effort to improve composition instruction now in operation in this country, and certainly the best on which substantial data are available. Universities and schools accomplish more in partnership.
Teachers are key to educational reform.
Teachers are the best teachers of other teachers. Writing deserves constant attention from kindergarten through university. Exemplary teachers of writing are themselves writers. You can also visit his home page .