Every person should have the opportunity to learn to write & read, because every person matters.
Literacy empowers people to believe in themselves and be better able to engage productively in their community and life choices.
The process of WRITING requires individuals to form thoughts and to think things through, hence it improves learning.
Literacy strengthens confidence, resolve, resilience, and thus can elevate ones self-esteem and future. It can easily bring hope and opportunity.
“Students who write in class every day become more skillful at expressing what they feel and what they are learning. Students should be writing frequently in all content, primarily so they can write their way to understanding of curricula. Writing is a way of knowing. It is how you discover what you know and is an important tool for reflecting on and then owning learning.”
Mary Tedrow: Dir. of the Shenandoah Valley Writing Project @ Shenandoah U
