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"Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools" by Carl Nagin is reviewed.

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* Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools

by the National Writing Project and Carl Nagin (Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Company, 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10158; 160 pp., $24.95 hardcover).

In a book sponsored by the National Writing Project, a nationwide professional-development program for teachers begun in 1974 at the University of California, Berkeley, journalist Carl Nagin uses interviews, case studies, and extensive research to explain the process of teaching students not only how to write, but also to appreciate what writing can do. Includes step-by-step recommendations for developing a writing program for each grade.