Prairielands

Missouri Writing Project Network (MWPN) held its annual retreat in Columbia, MO in early August. How do we help students become better readers as well as writers? National Writing Projects focus of Teachers Teaching Teachers is what helped MWPN to be well on its way when the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ask for help to provide teacher in-services that focused on improving student reading and writing. This group of Missouri Writing Project directors and teacher consultants has been meeting for several years to discuss the State of the State challenges in reading and writing.