Cover image of NWP Radio

NWP Radio

NWP Radio is a program provided by the National Writing Project as an education resource on a broad range of topics for educators in and out of school.

Ranked #1

Podcast cover

Reports from the Field: The Pleasures and Perils of Working in Under-Resourced Schools

Reports from the Field: The Pleasures and Perils of Working in Under-Resourced Schools

Join us for a discussion of the twists and turns of doing intensive professional development in high-need schools with f... Read more

8 Feb 2018

Ranked #2

Podcast cover

Assignments Matter: Creating Engaging Writing Assignments

Assignments Matter: Creating Engaging Writing Assignments

Listen as teacher-consultants from around the network discuss the relationship between the quality of writing assignment... Read more

21 Sep 2017

Ranked #3

Podcast cover

The Common Sense Census: Inside the 21st Century Classroom

The Common Sense Census: Inside the 21st Century Classroom

Join us for a discussion of a new report by Common Sense Media, The Common Sense Census: Inside the 21st-Century Classro... Read more

22 Jun 2019

49mins

Ranked #4

Podcast cover

C3WP Expands to Upper Elementary

C3WP Expands to Upper Elementary

The National Writing Project's successful i3 College Readiness Writers Program is expanding. With a new name—College, Co... Read more

9 Nov 2017

Most Popular Podcasts

Ranked #5

Podcast cover

Modernizing the Old School Essay

Modernizing the Old School Essay

How can we rethink writing instruction to support students in writing authentic pieces about real world issues that matt... Read more

7 Jun 2018

45mins

Ranked #6

Podcast cover

Resources to Support Youth Engagement with Writing Our Future: American Creed

Resources to Support Youth Engagement with Writing Our Future: American Creed

Meet colleagues and partners involved in engaging youth and community conversations emerging from the documentary Americ... Read more

21 Jun 2018

52mins

Ranked #7

Podcast cover

Poets of the NWP Writers Council: An Interview with Cyrus Armajani

Poets of the NWP Writers Council: An Interview with Cyrus Armajani

Join us for another installment of our poetry mini-series as part of the 2018 National Poetry Month with interviews of N... Read more

7 May 2018

17mins

Ranked #8

Podcast cover

Planning Powerful Instruction

Planning Powerful Instruction

Planning Powerful Instruction is a guide for transforming student outcomes through instructional planning. Its a seven-s... Read more

20 Dec 2019

36mins

Ranked #9

Podcast cover

Write Out: Place-Based Making with Writing Project Sites and National Parks

Write Out: Place-Based Making with Writing Project Sites and National Parks

Writers reside inside internal landscapes. They traverse the contours of stories and poems, learning and understanding. ... Read more

24 May 2018

59mins

Ranked #10

Podcast cover

TopSecretStoryBox

TopSecretStoryBox

Shhhh.... We are going to tell you a secret, a top secret secret. Come listen in to hear about the Top Secret YA Story B... Read more

20 Oct 2017

40mins

Ranked #11

Podcast cover

Marginal Syllabus 2019-20 (November)—Whiteness is a White Problem: Whiteness in English Education

Marginal Syllabus 2019-20 (November)—Whiteness is a White Problem: Whiteness in English Education

Author Samuel Jaye Tanner joins us to talk about his article, "Whiteness is a White Problem: Whiteness in English Educat... Read more

4 Nov 2019

56mins

Ranked #12

Podcast cover

LEARN Marginal Syllabus (February)—Praisesongs of Place: Youth Envisioning Space and Place

LEARN Marginal Syllabus (February)—Praisesongs of Place: Youth Envisioning Space and Place

Our February reading for the 2019-20 Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN Marginal Syllabus explores the multilit... Read more

12 Feb 2020

1hr 8mins

Ranked #13

Podcast cover

Teachers’ Inquiries into Integrating Historical Primary Sources with Traditional Fictional Texts

Teachers’ Inquiries into Integrating Historical Primary Sources with Traditional Fictional Texts

Learn how two teachers from the Philadelphia Writing Project paired primary sources with traditional fictional texts in ... Read more

25 Apr 2019

39mins

Ranked #14

Podcast cover

Teachers’ Inquiries into Integrating Historical Primary Sources with Traditional Fictional Texts

Teachers’ Inquiries into Integrating Historical Primary Sources with Traditional Fictional Texts

Learn how two teachers from the Philadelphia Writing Project paired primary sources with traditional fictional texts in ... Read more

25 Apr 2019

39mins

Ranked #15

Podcast cover

Teaching Writers to Reflect

Teaching Writers to Reflect

Listen to our visit with Anne Whitney, Colleen McCracken, and Deana Washell who discuss their work with elementary-schoo... Read more

13 Jun 2019

41mins

Ranked #16

Podcast cover

Everybody’s Vaguely Familiar: Jack Powers, Poetry & A Career of Teaching Writing

Everybody’s Vaguely Familiar: Jack Powers, Poetry & A Career of Teaching Writing

We kick-off National Poetry Month by visiting with poet and teacher Jack Powers, celebrating the publication of his new ... Read more

11 Apr 2019

56mins

Ranked #17

Podcast cover

Going High

Going High

For this episode of NWP Radio we speak with organizers and participants of the upcoming NCTE Assembly for Expanded Persp... Read more

5 Apr 2018

59mins

Ranked #18

Podcast cover

C3WP Using Sources Tool: A Student-Driven Assessment for Learning

C3WP Using Sources Tool: A Student-Driven Assessment for Learning

The most important writing assessment that happens in any school is the assessment that goes on in students' heads when ... Read more

17 May 2018

21mins

Ranked #19

Podcast cover

Youth Civic Engagement and Public Writing: CEWAC and American Creed

Youth Civic Engagement and Public Writing: CEWAC and American Creed

Join Writing Project colleagues who have been working at the intersections of the Writing Our Futures: American Creed pr... Read more

10 May 2018

58mins

Ranked #20

Podcast cover

Poets of the NWP Writers Council: An Interview with Jimmy Santiago Baca

Poets of the NWP Writers Council: An Interview with Jimmy Santiago Baca

Join us for two of three NWP Radio episodes, as we close out the 2018 National Poetry Month with interviews of NWP Write... Read more

27 Apr 2018

20mins

“Podium: AI tools for podcasters. Generate show notes, transcripts, highlight clips, and more with AI. Try it today at https://podium.page”