Jomeilin Reyes, a seventh-grader English learner, had spent most of the fall putting his head down during writing time.

We live in a golden age of bad writing instruction. Learning to write for school was never a great path to excellent writing, but now that we have added learning to write for a standardized test, ...

Teaching is hectic. The combination of precision work and chaos theory can make the school year feel like an attempt to knit a sweater while riding a Tilt-A-Whirl. Most of us collapse on the couch at ...

This year, three students in Halala-Vishudh’s fifth grade class at Clemens Elementary School swept the contest in their grade ...

Writing instruction may have fallen by the wayside during the No Child Left Behind Act era, as teachers zeroed in on teaching math and reading. But now, with most states using the Common Core State ...

Teachers who grade writing papers in today's schools have a couple of questions for their students: R U 2 BZ 2 write? Or R U 2 lazy? Teachers nationally and locally are discovering that writing ...

This guide provides a brief introduction to writing in the field of teacher education through the lens of threshold concepts. It includes: An overview of what writing characteristics are valued in ...

Many teachers find that social media makes students engaged, creative writers. July 16, 2013 — -- Occasionally, Jennifer Woollven, an English teacher at West Lake High School in Austin, Texas, ...