{"id":1786,"date":"2017-03-01T11:56:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2017-03-03T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T15:28:16","slug":"endless-mountains-writing-project-receives-grant-for-new-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1786","title":{"rendered":"Endless Mountains Writing Project Receives Grant for New Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> The Endless Mountains Writing Project (EMWP), hosted by Mansfield University, has been awarded a $20,000 grant to train area teachers to implement the College-Ready Writers Program (CRWP).<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=1787\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg?fit=1165%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1165,217\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CRWP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg?fit=1024%2C191&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1787 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP-1024x191.jpeg?resize=780%2C145\" alt=\"CRWP\" width=\"780\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg?resize=1024%2C191&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg?resize=300%2C56&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg?resize=768%2C143&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg?resize=209%2C39&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CRWP.jpeg?w=1165&amp;ssl=1 1165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a>The CRWP is designed to improve the argument writing skills of middle and high school students. \u00a0Independent evaluators at the Stanford Research Institute have found\u00a0 that this program has a positive, statistically significant effect on the four attributes of student argument writing\u2014content, structure, stance, and conventions\u2014and produced greater proficiency in the quality of reasoning and use of evidence in student writing.<\/p>\n<p>The CRWP mini-units are four to six day instructional sequences through which students form their own arguments and write multi-paragraph pieces. Each unit engages students in reading multiple nonfiction texts and is intended to help students improve one or more key argument writing skills.<\/p>\n<p>The EMWP at Mansfield University is an official site of the federally-funded National Writing Project (NWP). The NWP mission is to improve student achievement by infusing writing into teacher development.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, go <a href=\"http:\/\/nwp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">nwp.org\/<\/a> or the Endless Mountains Writing Project link, under Educational Resources on the MU Department of Education &amp; Special Education website at <a href=\"http:\/\/mansfield.edu\/edspeced\/\" target=\"_blank\">mansfield.edu\/edspeced\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 The Endless Mountains Writing Project (EMWP), hosted by Mansfield University, has been awarded a $20,000 grant to train &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1786\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Endless Mountains Writing Project Receives Grant for New Program<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[262,22,227,226,263,235],"class_list":["post-1786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-college-ready-writers-program","tag-education","tag-emwp","tag-endless-mountains-writing-project","tag-national-writing-project","tag-special-education"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-sO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1401,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1401","url_meta":{"origin":1786,"position":0},"title":"Endless Mountains Writing Project Receives Grant to Fund New Writing Program for Teachers","author":"Terry Day","date":"May 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014The Endless Mountains Writing Project (EMWP) at Mansfield University has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the National Writing Project (NWP) to host an Invitational Leadership Institute (ILI) for teachers in the region. 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