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=Principles #2, 4= = National Commission on Writing = =[]= =Public Service Announcement= =[]=

= The Neglected "R": The Need for a Writing Revolution = ==== "American education will never realize its potential as an engine of opportunity and economic growth until a writing revolution puts language and communication in their proper place in the classroom. Writing is how students connect the dots in their knowledge. Although many models of effective ways to teach writing exist, both the teaching and practice of writing are increasingly shortchanged throughout the school and college years. Writing, always time-consuming for student and teacher, is today hard-pressed in the American classroom. Of the three 'Rs,' writing is clearly the most neglected." ==== =Teachers Are the Center of Education: Writing, Learning and Leading= =in the Digital Age= In partnership with Phi Delta Kappa International and the National Writing Project, this new report profiles nine exemplary teachers using technology to teach writing across diverse subject and content areas. //Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age// provides insight into the successes and challenges of integrating digital tools into the classroom. This report is the second in a series dedicated to bringing teacher voices into the debate on American education reform.

Download the report: Teachers Are the Center of Education: Writing, Learning and Leading in the Digital Age (.pdf/4.4M)