Supporting a New Home for the Writing Studies Community
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Julia U
3 months ago
I just hope that we don’t have to deal with this kind of predatory relationship in the future
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Heather Bruce
3 months ago
Writing Studies needs a respectful home.
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Ingrid Stassen
3 months ago
Writing is thinking. Let the good, the very best, people do the job!
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Kathleen Klompien
3 months ago
It is vital that we chart our own path.
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Rik Hunter
3 months ago
“It becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…to assume… the separate and equal station…” — Declaration of Independence
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Supporter
3 months ago
As a longtime active CCCC member, I am shocked that NCTE cut us off. I believe in collaboration with teachers at all levels, but we need the power of our own organization to foster that.
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Shawna Shapiro
3 months ago
We need real and sustained conversation about the future of CCCC, and the pros and cons of an independent organization, including its relationship to other orgs.
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Sarah Perrault
3 months ago
Writing Studies is a discipline and, as such, needs a disciplinary home that we control.
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Lisa J McClure
3 months ago
I do not believe that "NCTE is a good steward for the future of writing studies." I must say I have not thought so for some time. The word that comes to mind is duplicitous.
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Christie Toth
3 months ago
I will work toward making this new home a place where two-year college contributions are supported and valued.
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Supporter
3 months ago
We can't let the bastards grind us down.
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Austin Bailey
3 months ago
It is time to leave them behind.
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Steph West-Puckett
3 months ago
Our field needs its own space to revision and re-build with accessibility as a core commitment. Independence is necessary, but I do support strengthening our collaboration with K12 and two-year college teachers as well as informal educators working is after school, library, and museum contexts.
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Joseph Robertshaw
3 months ago
Professionals need a centralized core made up of their own peers in order to govern and promote their efforts.
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Supporter
3 months ago
I signed because I am hoping for a better governance model and an atmosphere of respect and trust that we can no longer find in NCTE given the actions of the leadership. .
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Veronica Garrison-Joyner
3 months ago
I’m signing to maintain community with colleagues in the fields of technical writing and rhetoric.
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Lisa Harris
3 months ago
Writing studies is where students learn to write. Writing is thinking. Our students need these skills not only in the job market but also in communities, in evaluating arguments and making informed decisions.
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Eric Crump
3 months ago
There is no reason for composition and rhetoric scholars ever to trust NCTE again. It looks to me like NCTE is pulling a Bari Weiss. Reporters covered the exodus of experience and talent from CBS as a sign Weiss was not up to the task. Actually, she performed the task her bosses assigned. Clear out the difficult-to-manage professionals in order to install more malleable replacements. An old trick. CCCC members can build something new and exciting instead.
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Malea Powell
3 months ago
Former Chair, CCCC; Former Editor, CCC; co-founder of the NCTE American Indian Caucus
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Claire Lamonica
3 months ago
It seems clear that NCTE no longer values the specific expertise amassed by composition scholars. Too often, “language arts” and “English” teachers at every level are unprepared to undertake the rigorous work of writing instruction in more than just the most formulaic ways. NCTE’s willingness to cast off expertise in this area suggests not only a disinclination to learn, but, worse, a disinclination to recognize that the problem exists. We need an organization steeped in understanding and expe
I just hope that we don’t have to deal with this kind of predatory relationship in the future
Writing Studies needs a respectful home.
Writing is thinking. Let the good, the very best, people do the job!
It is vital that we chart our own path.
“It becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…to assume… the separate and equal station…” — Declaration of Independence
As a longtime active CCCC member, I am shocked that NCTE cut us off. I believe in collaboration with teachers at all levels, but we need the power of our own organization to foster that.
We need real and sustained conversation about the future of CCCC, and the pros and cons of an independent organization, including its relationship to other orgs.
Writing Studies is a discipline and, as such, needs a disciplinary home that we control.
I do not believe that "NCTE is a good steward for the future of writing studies." I must say I have not thought so for some time. The word that comes to mind is duplicitous.
I will work toward making this new home a place where two-year college contributions are supported and valued.
We can't let the bastards grind us down.
It is time to leave them behind.
Our field needs its own space to revision and re-build with accessibility as a core commitment. Independence is necessary, but I do support strengthening our collaboration with K12 and two-year college teachers as well as informal educators working is after school, library, and museum contexts.
Professionals need a centralized core made up of their own peers in order to govern and promote their efforts.
I signed because I am hoping for a better governance model and an atmosphere of respect and trust that we can no longer find in NCTE given the actions of the leadership. .
I’m signing to maintain community with colleagues in the fields of technical writing and rhetoric.
Writing studies is where students learn to write. Writing is thinking. Our students need these skills not only in the job market but also in communities, in evaluating arguments and making informed decisions.
There is no reason for composition and rhetoric scholars ever to trust NCTE again. It looks to me like NCTE is pulling a Bari Weiss. Reporters covered the exodus of experience and talent from CBS as a sign Weiss was not up to the task. Actually, she performed the task her bosses assigned. Clear out the difficult-to-manage professionals in order to install more malleable replacements. An old trick. CCCC members can build something new and exciting instead.
Former Chair, CCCC; Former Editor, CCC; co-founder of the NCTE American Indian Caucus
It seems clear that NCTE no longer values the specific expertise amassed by composition scholars. Too often, “language arts” and “English” teachers at every level are unprepared to undertake the rigorous work of writing instruction in more than just the most formulaic ways. NCTE’s willingness to cast off expertise in this area suggests not only a disinclination to learn, but, worse, a disinclination to recognize that the problem exists. We need an organization steeped in understanding and expe