National Writing Project

The National Writing Project is a federally funded, nationwide network of educators who strive to improve student writing and learning by improving the teaching of writing in the nation's schools. More than 100,000 teachers across the country participate in NWP programs every year. Local writing project sites bring teachers together in the summer, on weekends, and at the end of the school day to learn from other successful teachers how to improve their own teaching of writing. Back in their own schools and communities, writing project teachers conduct writing programs for teachers, school administrators, students, and parents. Headquartered at the University of California at Berkeley, the NWP currently has more than 160 local sites in the U.S., D.C., and Puerto Rico. Since its inception in 1974, the NWP has served more than 1.5 million teachers.