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  • CRWP’s March Feature Spotlight

    Congratulations to Becky Schwartz for being CRWP’s  March Feature Spotlight! Please take a moment and read about Becky below. I’ve been with CRWP since 2015 (6 years now) and I think probably the greatest experience I had was when I realized that none of the work that was done in our organization was a competition.…

  • CRWP’s February Feature Spotlight

    Congratulations to Sharon Murchie for being CRWP’s  February Feature Spotlight. Please take a moment and read about Sharon below. I was in the 2015 cohort. Specific memory is connecting with Janet Neyer, and writing a book chapter together about something we are both passionate about: teaching students to be discerning users of the Internet. Not…

  • CRWP’s November Feature Spotlight

    Congratulations to Troy Hicks for being CRWP’s  November Feature Spotlight. Read about Troy below. Fortunately, I can say that I have been part of the Chippewa River Writing Project since it was just a vision. As I was finishing my doctoral work and had already established relationships with others in the National Writing Project, the…

  • CRWP’s October Feature Spotlight

      This month we would like to congratulate our October Feature Spotlight, Teacher Consultant, Jeremy Hyler. Below you can find more information about Jeremy. Feel free to follow Jeremy on Twitter or Instagram. Twitter: @jeremybballer Instagram: jeremhyler40 I currently teach at Fulton Middle School in Middleton, Michigan, and have been teaching for 22 years. I…

  • Standing Up for Students: One Middle School Teacher’s Urgent Plea against Standardized Testing during the COVID Pandemic

    We have officially been in our “Stay at Home” order for about four weeks. In addition, Michigan schools will no longer meet face-to-face this year. During my time at home, I have been doing some processing and reflecting on education and where our education system is currently functioning, is going, and will be going after…

  • The Beaver Island Institute 2016

    I was reminded again this past summer that Michigan is truly one of the most beautiful places on this planet … At the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, a unique opportunity was presented to my science colleague Jeremy Winsor and me to apply for a week-long science literacy professional development at the Central Michigan University…