So one day while I was supposed to be writing, I was goofing off on Twitter and spotted a post from Summer Brennan, a Paris-based nonfiction writer. She was offering a free essay camp, which I dubbed ...

When I was in my twenties I put writers on a pedestal, believing that writing is an exertion of power. I still largely feel this way because in our present time, where attention is fleeting, to be ...

This is a guest post by Rachel Jamison Webster. This fall, students returned to school with AI software embedded in Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Students will use AI to do research and to generate ...

We have all been reading the news about disappointing literacy rates in California, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic and online learning. Last month, State Superintendent of Public ...

Kudos to Education Week for rolling out a collection of articles on elementary writing instruction, a vital area of literacy development that fails to get the attention it deserves. As EdWeek’s ...

A teacher at an elementary school in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Park, 38 years old, had sixth graders (22 students) write ...

People write for a variety of purposes—including recording, persuading, learning, communicating, entertaining, self-expression, and reflection—and proficiency in writing for one purpose does not ...

February arrives softly. The noise of New Year resolutions has faded, the pressure to “transform” feels exhausting, and the world seems to slow down, whether we want it to or not. It’s the month where ...