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TWR is celebrating the summer release of The Writing Revolution 2.0, which has sold over 10,000 copies in just its first two months. Educators beginning their TWR journey or seeking a refresher to deepen their practice alike have shared positive feedback, highlighting how the book study questions have sparked meaningful discussions in both school and district book studies.
“It is an incredible improvement, and our schools have gotten new copies for every teacher. Thank you for all the hard work and effort that must have gone into putting it together, adding really great examples and fleshing out some parts as well. I think that it will be really helpful, especially to new teachers, so thank you!”
– Lisabeth B., 10th Grade ELA Teacher, Esopus, NY
TWR faculty met with educators nationwide to speak about the transformative power of the Hochman Method.
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Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) Summit 2024
TWR presented at the Arkansas Department of Education Summit in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Alexandria Chalonec, Co-Director of Academics, and Kiersten Peltier, Senior Manager of Revolutionary Projects, presented two sessions of a K-12 overview of the method to groups of state, district, and school administrators and teachers. They also had an opportunity to share survey data collected by the ADE that highlighted a significant increase in teacher confidence following training in the method as well as an improvement in student writing from the beginning to the end of the year.
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Read, Write, Connect: Region 16 Conference
Returning to the Texas panhandle, Christine Teahan, Co-Director of Academics, Madalyn Roig, Senior Manager of Implementation, and Ailish McDermott, Senior Manager of Instructional Resources, presented multiple sessions at Read, Write, Connect: Region 16’s summer conference series in Canyon, Texas. By providing overviews for STEM, K-2, and 3-12, they showcased how the Hochman Method can be implemented across different grades and content areas.
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Southern Westchester BOCES Summer Literacy Symposium
Christine Teahan, Co-Director of Academics, and Ailish McDermott, Senior Manager of Instructional Resources, presented on the power of explicit writing instruction to educators gathered in Harrison, New York.
This summer, we met educators from districts who have already begun their implementation as well as districts at the very beginning of their TWR journey. People “Zoomed” in from near and far, and comprised a wide variety of backgrounds in education – all to share in learning about the power of explicit writing instruction using the Hochman Method.
This summer, TWR welcomed educators from the United States and the following countries around the world: Australia, Japan, Malta, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain.
Highlighted below are some of the districts who participated in a training during July or August:
