NWP Head Links Writing to Community Development
Publication: Education Daily
Date: March 3, 2008
Summary: In this interview published in Education Daily, NWP's Executive Director Sharon Washington discusses her professional background and connects the work of the writing project to her passion for helping all young people succeed.
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This theme of self-empowerment reflected Washington's graduate work, conducted while AEC director, in park and recreation administration and education. She pursued the fields in the footsteps of her uncle, a recreational director at an Ohio settlement house that knit together education, recreation and social programs to foster community development.
Self-empowerment also underpins the philosophy of NWP, which works to create local partnerships between universities and K–12 educational systems. These partnerships establish networks of peer-driven professional development to improve writing instruction and disseminate model practices.
Copyright © 2008. Reprinted by permission of LRP Publications. Sawchuk, Stephen. 2008. "NWP head links writing to community development." Education Daily 41 (41), March 3.
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