Board participates in deep dive on C3WP writing cycles; members try a short argument exercise

District teachers and instructional leaders presented the C3WP (College, Career and Community Writers Program) as a sustained, teacher-led approach drawn from the National Writing Project and the National Council for the Social Studies. The presenter explained argument-writing cycles that ask students to read multiple texts, build a conversation table of stakeholders and evidence, and revise claims over several lessons. "A claim is the primary point that you're trying to make, and it's very specific. A claim is not an opinion," the presenter said while describing the mini-cycle the board completed.