10/11/2008
New courses by CBSE fail to impress students (IE via Yahoo! India News)
The two courses - General Health Care and Creative Writing and Translation Studies - introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) at the senior secondary level have failed to find many takers in the city schools.
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10/12/2008
Neto's Tucson by Ernesto Portillo Jr. : Writing teacher pushes confidence (Arizona Daily Star)
It's 7 a.m. Thursday in Maria Elena Wakamatsu's Desert View High School creative writing class and her 25-plus students are sitting in front of their computer terminals. As she walks around the small computer lab, Wakamatsu, in a clear, crisp voice, refreshes her students' drowsy memories about their assignment.
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10/12/2008
Songwriter inspires sixth-graders (The Herald-Mail)
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.VA. - Sixth-graders in Morgan County Schools became songwriters this week with the help of singer, songwriter and creative writing teacher Kate Long and guitarist and national flat-picking champion Robin Kessinger. The song writing project is one of the Morgan Arts Council's Adopt-A-School projects, coordinator Bibi Hahn said. "This has been a phenomenal program," Hahn said. ...
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10/12/2008
Parents discuss the STEM magnet program for schools in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District 191 (Burnsville Sun-Current)
Shelly Schroeder has a third-grader going to William Byrne Elementary School in Burnsville who loves creative writing and reading fiction.
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10/12/2008
Morgan County songwriters inspire sixth-graders (The Herald-Mail)
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.VA. Sixth-graders in Morgan County Schools became songwriters this week with the help of singer, songwriter and creative writing teacher Kate Long and guitarist and national flat-picking champion Robin Kessinger.
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10/11/2008
Wilkes prof edits Mailer for New Yorker (Times Leader)
WILKES-BARRE – J. Michael Lennon, former Wilkes University provost and current interim director of the school’s creative writing program, has edited a selection of the letters of the late Norman Mailer for publication in the Oct. 6 issue of the New Yorker.
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10/10/2008
Nicole Cooley reads her poems (Tulane Hullabaloo)
Nicole Cooley, this year's Florie Gale Arons Poet, gave a reading of her work in the Lavin-Bernick Center Monday evening. Cooley, daughter of Tulane creative writing professor Peter Cooley, has already released two books of poetry, "Resurrection" and "The Afflicted Girls.
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10/10/2008
More than just a fairy tale (The Rainsville Weekly Post)
HIGDON—Nia Stivers teaches a unique class at North Sand Mountain High School—a class in creative writing. It’s unique because it’s the only such high school class in Jackson or DeKalb counties, but also because of the impact it has on its students.
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10/12/2008
A College in the Eye of a Debate (New York Times)
Hofstra University will showcase itself and suburbia as host to John McCain and Barack Obama in the presidential debate.
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10/09/2008
Writing group begins in Kirkcudbright (The Galloway News)
A NEW creative writing group is being launched in Kirkcudbright this week. The group is aiming to bring together people with an interest in creative writing to share ideas and experiences and encourage others to start writing.
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