Resources

BWP Library
Library Book List:
Lots of great books about Teacher's Research, reading and Writing.

Library Book Check-Out Sheet (pdf):
Please sign out books on the paper copy available in the BWP library; see Dr. Chris Burnham in the English Department, (Phone: 646 3931 | Email: cburnham@nmsu.edu).

World Wide Web Links
Rethinking Schools:
A non-profit, independent publisher of educational materials. Rethinking Schools began as a local effort to address problems such as basal readers, standardized testing, and textbook-dominated curriculum. Since its founding in 1986, it has grown into a nationally prominent publisher of educational materials, with subscribers in all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and many other countries.

IRA-Read/Write/Think:
ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation.

National Writing Project:
The National Writing Project is the premier effort to improve writing in America. Through its professional development model, NWP builds the leadership, programs, and research needed for teachers to help their students become successful writers and learners.

Vermont Society for The Study of Education:
A center of education thought and activity with the singular purpose of resolutely advancing that which is in the best interest of children and their education. It was mid-year 2001 when seven educators with over a century and a half of experience gathered to talk about the non-stop national churning over education.

Susan Ohanian Speaks Out:
Susan Ohanian, a long-time public school teacher, is a freelance writer. In 2003, Ohanian received The National Council of Teachers of English's "NCTE Orwell Award" for her outstanding contribution to the critical analysis of public discourse.

No Child Left:
A publication of FNO Press in Bellingham, Washington. The company specializes in producing books, Web sites and other publications that speak to the challenge of making healthy, sustained improvement in the way students learn and teachers orchestrate that learning.

Democracy Now:
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 350 stations in North America. The program is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and produced out of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media center in New York City’s Chinatown.

Common Dreams:
A national non-profit citizens' organization founded in 1997 working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future.