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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 779
PUBYAC Digest 779
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Request for help/Student Publishing
by Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com>
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From: Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com>
To: larsonlibrary@yahoo.com
Subject: Request for help/Student Publishing
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:01:40 CDT
Chris Weber is looking for help and requested that I
post this to the list. Please reply directly to him
at chriscarlweber@earthlink.net
and not to the list.
Thanks.--Jeanette Larson, Austin Public Library,
Austin TX (larsonlibrary@yahoo.com)
In January 2002, Heinemann, Inc. published my book
titled "Publishing with Students: A Comprehensive
Guide." The purpose of this book is to inform teachers
about student publishing and inspire them to work with
their students to publish their writing in classroom
and/or school publications.
Recently I sent out media kits to major newspapers. I
followed up with phone calls and e-mails to
journalists. One reporter from the Washington Post
asked me if I could compile data showing the benefits
of student publishing (e.g., better writing skills,
improved writing performance, higher writing test
scores, increased graduation rates, increased
self-esteem and attitude, and so on) and then share it
with him. If I can provide him with such information,
he will be better able to try and convince his editors
to let him write a story on the power of student
publication.
I would greatly appreciate your writing me and telling
which studies, reports, journals, articles and/or
essays you know of that show the benefits of student
publishing on student performance (e.g, improved
writing skills, better graduation rates, increased
writing test scores, and so on). By student
publishing, I mean students whose work is published in
a classroom, school, or outside-of-school publication.
Also, kindly tell me whom else might have such
information and how I might contact them.
Do you also know of research, articles/essays,
journals, studies, surveys, and/or reports that also
suggest the benefits for (e.g., improved writing
skills, increased graduation rates, and so on) those
students who work directly in the publishing process?
By this, I mean students who help publish--those who
work on classroom publications or student editors that
work on literary magazines and school newspapers.
I would greatly appreciate your providing me with any
such information so that I can share it with the
journalist from the Washington Post. My hope is that
then he will write a story and inspire more teachers
to publish their students' work, especially with the
help of their students.
Thank you,
Chris Weber, teacher, Portland Public School
E-mail: chriscarlweber@earthlink.net
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End of PUBYAC Digest 779
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