Guest Writer: Steve Prigohzy,
Cornerstone Director

No I'm not! (Ellin) Yes I am! (perched in her corner). Yes she will! (thankfully return in the next edition).

When all is said and done, when we have increased literacy achievement and shifted teaching practice in our most challenging schools, the hard reality of poverty remains to erode the aspirations of thousands of children. Occasionally I read a book that touches me with a moral energy that shatters my defenses and touches my heart.

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Johnnie Tankersley and
the Sycamore Literacy Team
(Melia Brashear, Becky McKay, Liba Peters, and Perry Phillips)

The Talladega County Cornerstone Team was faced with the task of planning and implementing a three-day, intensive staff development event for our colleagues in Stemley and Sycamore Schools. In February of 2002, our staff development included "How to Launch Writers' Notebooks." Most of our students are now using writers' notebooks. The problem was our colleagues were confused about what to do next.

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