EduBlog Insights

Michael Arnzen post, Writing Skills Neglected, on Pedablogue points us to The National Commission on Writing’s study of the role of writing skills (and needs) in the American workplace: “Writing: A Ticket to Work…Or a Ticket Out, A Survey of Business Leaders”.  The entire PDF file is here. Michael also points us the the National Commission calling for a Writing Revolution.

Let’s get those blogging workshops going and start them off with this from the Executive Summary of the Neglected “R” in the report:

American education will never realize its potential as an engine of opportunity and economic growth until a writing revolution puts language and communication in their proper place in the classroom. Writing is how students connect the dots in their knowledge.

Some of the points made on the writing agenda for the nation were:

• States and the federal government should provide the financial resources necessary for the additional time and personnel required to make writing a centerpiece in the curriculum.

• The amount of time students spend writing (and the scale of financial resources devoted to writing) should be at least doubled.

• More out-of-school time should also be used to encourage writing, and parents should review students’ writing with them.
  
  Enter weblogs - little or no cost!

The report goes on and on. Let’s get our students writing - and what better avenue than weblogs! Let’s hear it for a weblog writing revolution!

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