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Britt Shirk

“How do you empower students as writers?”

There are many factors that hinder young people from feeling confident expressing and communicating themselves through writing. Barriers such as minimal access to expansive vocabulary, lack of designated time to write, uncertainties around structural rules and writing in isolation all put the brakes on students who are trying to develop their voice as a writer.

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