Natalie Wexler
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Natalie Wexler is an American education writer on literacy and equity.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: AB, Radcliffe (1976); MA, University of Sussex (1977); JD, University of Pennsylvania (1983) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Law: Clerk for Judge Alvin B. Rubin and Justice Byron White; lawyer at Bredhoff & Kaiser (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: The Writing Revolution (with Judith C. Hochman, 2017 and 2024); The Knowledge Gap (2019); Beyond the Science of Reading (2025) (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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20 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Writing is a powerful tool for enhancing thinking. (opens korrents.com)
“I initially wondered if I had been mistaken in arguing-not just in the book but in numerous articles and presentations-that writing was potentially our most powerful lever for enhancing thinking.”
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Learning and thinking are inextricably linked. (opens korrents.com)
“In fact, evidence from cognitive science establishes that learning and thinking are inextricably linked: the more we learn about a topic, the better able we are to think critically about it.”
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Teaching students to write more clearly can enable them to think more clearly. (opens korrents.com)
“We realized that when we taught our students to write more clearly, they became able to think more clearly.”
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Writing is a powerful tool for enhancing thinking. (opens korrents.com)