As a middle school learning-resource teacher, I cannot help but notice the increasing number of students who cannot print or write in cursive legibly. At our independent K-12 school of about 1,000 ...

Writing happens in every classroom and for a range of instructional purposes. When writing is used as a mechanism for processing learning, metacognition, self-reflection, and problem-solving, this is ...

Teaching writing ain’t complicated, but it sure is hard. The same is true from the learning to write side of the equation. There is no magic switch to be thrown where all is suddenly revealed and ...

An indifferent student on the southside of Chicago, his only aspiration was to play in a band. It was a geology teacher that spotted his potential, and asked George to express himself in class. Joe ...

Writing Across the Curriculum programs have demonstrated that students can gain a deeper understanding of subject-area content by writing about it. This insight is often dubbed “Writing-to-Learn” (WTL ...

It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to ...

Knowing how to write compelling and persuasive emails, letters, memos, pitches and proposals sets you apart from the masses, who are mediocre communicators. It is one of the most effective skills you ...

Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared on The Character Tree’s blog. When we were just a couple weeks into distance learning, I started to really miss writing workshop time. Over ...

If you want to write a book, start a blog. This is no longer new advice, but having just turned in the manuscript for what will be my fourth book over the last six years [i], all while I’ve been ...