article_snippet: Nancie Atwell, 63, is an English and writing teacher in Maine.
article_snippet: a teacher founded a private demonstration school in Edgecomb and is the author of nine books.
article_snippet: Nancie Atwell, 63, is an English and writing teacher in Maine.
article_snippet: a teacher founded an experimental private demonstration school in Edgecomb for kindergarteners through eighth graders in 1990 .
article_snippet: Atwell founded the Center for Teaching and Learning in 1990, which uses experimental teaching methods on students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
highlights_snippet: Atwell teaches English  in Edgecomb, Maine, at a school she founded in 1990 .
  