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"Who Said 'Johnny Can't Write'?"

 

This video features author Stephanie Roach from the University of Michigan-Flint analyzing the influential 1975 Newsweek article and its effects on the way we talk about writing.

 

Watch to:

 

  • learn some of NCoW's historical context
  • begin thinking about how you define “good” writing

Who Said "Johnny Can't Write?"

 

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Video Produced by CLiC / Texas A&M University-Commerce

Campaign
Introduction

Campaign Overview
with Audio and Video

Full Text of
Campaign Audio

Assignment Suggestions
and Student Writing

“Literacy Crises”
Bibliography

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(search term "decline")

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National Conversation on Writing © 2009

July 17, 2009