Chad Sansing

Chad Sansing Educational Advocacy Quotes™

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Emperors, clothe yourselves

This may surprise you, but I was a loudmouth jerk in high school. I routinely took on teachers (and classmates – sorry GHS Class of ’96!) if I felt slighted by them in any way. Looking back, sometimes I had a case, but more often than not I was arguing just to argue. Compliance wasn’t … Continue reading »

#teachin11: If we want to be super…

The curriculum treadmill

I can still smell the high school weight room. I remember the day I tore my shorts (but not my boxers, thank goodness) squatting 455 pounds. Not a lot you can do in that situation, even if the captains of the girls’ soccer team are at the quad machine behind you. My strength coach (a … Continue reading »

First Year Reflection: Who the hell am I and what am I doing here?

Somehow, it’s been over a year since we began the Coöp between a few tweets, a Skype call or two, and our first posts. In assessing our growth – and how the Coöp has impacted me personally – I wanted to share this #CoöpReflect post and to invite you to share your own Coöp story. … Continue reading »

#blog4nwp – Stay tuned; stay energized

The National Writing Project is invaluable. It is certainly worth more than a fraction of a percent of the federal education budget. Regardless of its obvious merit, the NWP has been offered the chance to compete with other earmark literacy programs for a sliver of 1% of the entire federal education budget. That means that … Continue reading »

#blog4nwp – Be heard before Congress votes

This is a cross post from Classroots.org. While President Obam calls for more education spending in the 2012 federal budget, the deal reached last week to fund the rest of the 2010-11 budget cuts more money from the Department of Education. With earmarks eliminated and the Department of Education losing money this year, it’s imperative … Continue reading »

The United States of #blog4nwp

Here is a map showing the dozens of sites and cities from which you have contributed #blog4nwp posts. Don’t miss Alaska! Support for the National Writing Project is bipartisan; it comes from rural, suburban, and urban sites; it comes from students, parents, and educators; it comes from veteran and pre-service teachers; it comes from the … Continue reading »

3 ways to help #blog4nwp

Here are three ways you can help influence our federal government to restore funding for the National Writing Project (NWP) before the next continuing resolution on budget expires on April 8th, 2011. Post on your elected officials’ Facebook pages. I’d like to thank Joel Malley for inspiring this suggestion. I posted this message on Representative … Continue reading »

The #blog4nwp archive

434 posts so far! Our #blog4nwp campaign began as a mid-March weekend push to restore federal funding to the National Writing Project (NWP). At the beginning of March – as part of a continuing resolution to fund the government during its budget impasse – Congress and President Obama cut funding to the NWP and several … Continue reading »