November 11, 2015

Fall 2015: OWP Educators Featured in Spring Rethinking Schools Magazine

Two Oregon Writing Project (OWP) educators have been featured in the fall 2015 issue.

The 2015 fall issue of Rethinking Schools Magazine featured articles by four Oregon Writing Project (OWP) educators. Visit the links below to view each piece on the Rethinking Schools’ website.

The Hidden Agenda of High School Assemblies by Jessica Richter-Furman

A high school teacher realizes that, despite her school’s diverse student body, the students on the stage at assemblies are virtually all white and male. She sets out to understand why and to change the pattern.

Mirrors and Windows: Conversations with Jacqueline Woodson by Renée Watson

Jacqueline Woodson’s stories are filled with characters who don’t fit into neat, predictable boxes about what it means to be a girl, or Black, or gay, or white, or a teen. There is no shying away from difficult, painful topics. Light and dark are always present, side by side. Her books mirror reality.