Title: Is Teaching Writing As Important As Teaching Reading?

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3488/fd2469dd-4a35-4110-bffe-bb235c71dd48_hq__1_.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Is Teaching Writing As Important As Teaching Reading?' data-article-id='3968'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16813'>When educators think of literacy -- the ability to read and write -- they often place more importance on students’ abilities to read and fully understand a piece of writing.</span> <span data-start-time='16813' data-end-time='24375'>But experts say critical and creative writing skills are equally important.</span> <span data-start-time='24375' data-end-time='30458'>And, they say, they are too often overlooked in the classroom.</span> <span data-start-time='30458' data-end-time='35313'>Compared to reading, writing is more active.</span> <span data-start-time='35313' data-end-time='50500'>It helps students be independent thinkers, take ownership of their stories and ideas and communicate them clearly to others, says Elyse Eidman-Aadahl.</span> <span data-start-time='50500' data-end-time='59083'>She heads the National Writing Project, which offers help for teachers who want to push students to write more.</span> <span data-start-time='59083' data-end-time='69688'>She said students’ writing work now usually centers on examining a text, instead of presenting a new idea.</span> <span data-start-time='69688' data-end-time='75146'>Writing, she said, should be “the central thing you’re learning.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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When educators think of literacy -- the ability to read and write -- they often place more importance on students’ abilities to read and fully understand a piece of writing. But experts say critical and creative writing skills are equally important. And, they say, they are too often overlooked in the classroom. Compared to reading, writing is more active. It helps students be independent thinkers, take ownership of their stories and ideas and communicate them clearly to others, says Elyse Eidman-Aadahl. She heads the National Writing Project, which offers help for teachers who want to push students to write more. She said students’ writing work now usually centers on examining a text, instead of presenting a new idea. Writing, she said, should be “the central thing you’re learning.

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