Illinois Teachers Emphasize Writing—and Get Results
Date: April 7, 2008
Summary: Illinois educators note that though writing isn't tested under No Child Left Behind, they have made sure it's a priority. That emphasis paid off: Illinois eighth-graders outperformed most of their peers around the country in NAEP's 2007 report.
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Teaching writing is hard. It takes a lot of work, and it's chaotic, but it's essentially what teaches kids to think, and it needs to be taught in every subject.
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Read Writing in Schools Isn't Left Behind 
in the Chicago Daily Herald.