Tweeting for NWP

While President Obama calls for more education spending in the 2012 federal budget, the deal reached last week to fund the rest of the 2010-11 budget cuts more money from the Department of Education.

With earmarks eliminated and the Department of Education losing money this year, it’s imperative that we convince members of Congress to legislate the reinstatement of 2011 funds for the National Writing Project this week.

Before Congress finalizes the 2011 budget, and as it prepares for 2012′s budget fight, please continue your support for the National Writing Project by contacting your members of Congress and new members of both the House and Senate. Please use email, phone calls, blog posts, and tweets to offer them information about the NWP, a program that defies the stereotypes of pop #edreform and has – for decades – delivered real innovation ad results in the classroom and across the curriculum. (from Cooperative Catalyst)

Follow the hyperlinked text to the original post and you'll find a link to legislators on Twitter. That means you can tweet your support for NWP directly to many in Congress.

A student speaks up

That’s why I continue to write. To see people comment on what I write, to see what they like, their opinions, to hear their voice.

But I don’t just want to hear their voice, I want them to hear my voice.

I don’t want to go unnoticed, I want my opinion heard. Those are reasons why I continue to write. I may not write on my blog as much, but it’s still a way to connect with new people.

Nicolas Gutkowski is the12-year-old author of the above which appears at Cooperative Catalyst and is part of the blogging for NWP initiative.