Special Feature—
Letters to the Next President:Writing Our Future

Watch Letters to the Next President in the Classroom

Students and Teachers 'Go Digital' to Research and Write About Election Issues

The voters of tomorrow are using 21st century skills to make their voices heard today through Writing Our Future: Letters to the Next President, a project sponsored jointly by the NWP and Google. More ›

Letters to the Next President: A Real-World Purpose for Student Writing

Teachers who participated in the Letters to the Next President project said that their students were motivated by having a real-world purpose for their writing, and the project engaged them in this year's political process. More ›

The Writing Classroom as a Laboratory for Democracy

Don Rothman, former director of the Central California Writing Project, discusses how he taught writing "as if the world depended on it" in his 30 years in the classroom. More ›

Press Coverage—
Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future

• Indianapolis Students Engaged in "Letters to the Next President" Campaign
• Illinois Students Write Letters to Presidential Candidates
• Nebraska Students Voice Concerns at letters2president.org
• Calling Young English Learners: Send Us Your Advice for the Candidates
• Google Helps Kids Get Messages to Next President
• Maryland Teens Express Concerns to Next President
• Students Sound Off: New Mexico Teens Write to Winner of Election
• New York Students Pen Powerful Letters to President
• Florida Students Write Moving Letters to Next President