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Television news feature on Write for Texas project highlights student gains

In an education segment on ABC News 7 Amarillo, Write for Texas participants described the positive impact the project has had on their students’ writing.

Andrea DeCarlo, a teacher at Dumas High School; Nikole Foote, an instructional coach at Dumas; and Cassie Swan, program contact at Education Service Center Region 16, reported that students are less afraid to put their ideas into written form—a common issue in the past. “We are seeing kids actually put their thought process into writing now in math, science, and social studies—not just English,” Foote said.

Swan added that writing in all subject areas and using supports like sentence stems and other techniques promoted by Write for Texas are all part of an effort to “make sure all of our kids write for life.”

View the video and read the accompanying article on the ABC News 7 website.

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