Teachers & Writers Collaborative

Teachers & Writers Collaborative is an organization that sends writers and other artists into the schools. It was founded in 1967 by a group of writers and educators including Herbert Kohl, June Jordan, Grace Paley, and Anne Sexton, who believed that writers could make a unique contribution to the teaching of writing. A nonprofit organization, T&W provides workshops for over 30,000 students per year in the New York tri-state region and publishes an impressive catalogue of creative writing titles. T&W also sponsors an educational radio show,free after-school programs and literacy initiatives.