Articles

Writing Centers:
More Than Remediation
by Art Peterson

An article that addresses issues such as the following: 

• What are some of the key ingredients to getting a writing center up and running? 
  
• What's the greatest misconception educators have about writing centers?
  
• How do you get students to participate?
  
• How do you train you peer coaches? 
  

Opening the Door to Discourse: Cooperation, Authority, and the Inner-City High School Writing Center by Alaina Feltenberger

"I hope to not only share my practitioner research as an inner-city high school writing center coordinator, I also hope to open the door to a discussion of the complexities surrounding secondary-level writing centers in public schools."-Alaina Feltenberger

Investing in Leadership:
Student-Run WCenters
by National Writing Project Radio

An hour-long radio program featuring  writing center student-staffers and directors as well as a principal. The radio program addresses issues such as the following:

• Transformative powers of a WCenter
  
• Writing Across the Disciplines
  
• The role of student-staffers
  
• Managing a writing center   

Local High School Takes Peer Tutoring To Another Level
by Jonathan Wilson

"Edison High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has attracted national attention for showing that a peer tutoring system used by many colleges and universities can work for high school students..."

The Secondary School Writing Center by Pamela Childers, Dawn Fels, & Jeanette Jordan 

This article addresses issues such as the following: 

• Writing centers create opportunities for individualized writing conferences.
  
• Writing centers help reinforce writing as a process. 
  
• Writing improves when writers focus on the writing – not on the grade.
  
• Writing centers support what the classroom teacher does. 

Getting it off the Ground: The Wildcat Writing Center's Inaugural Year
by Alison Hughes

Alison Hughes shares her insights on starting a writing center at Centreville High School in Virginia.

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