Each summer, exemplary teachers come together in a four-week long invitational summer institute where they demonstrate and examine their classroom practice, study the latest research about teaching writing, explore best practices, develop their own writing skills, and network with an expanding diverse writing community.   As a result of these activities, teachers are better prepared for their own classrooms and for teaching other teachers. This teachers-teaching-teachers idea is the heart of the Writing Project. Selected teachers will receive a scholarship for three graduate credits and books, plus the opportunity to become a member of a network of educational leaders.