This week, teachers all over the country have been sharing tales of teaching that most difficult of subjects—writing. So many of them are addressing the great underlying question—why is it so ...

But traditional grammar — diagramming sentences or teaching grammar rules — didn’t help. Graham suspects that’s because grammar lessons often feel disconnected from actual writing. Graham found one ...

A primary culprit: the required developmental writing classes that focused on traditional grammar instruction. Again and again, I witnessed aspiration gave way to discouragement.

Waldman, the Maryland 7th grade teacher, says digital writing helps her demonstrate to students that good, clear writing is a way to be heard. “Seventh graders feel like adults discount them ...

That was more than 30 years ago, and I retain that same utilitarian mind-set today when I teach writing courses. It served me well this past summer, when as the recipient of a faculty grant from ...

"Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it’s an ethos."-- The Big Lebowski After almost five years teaching writing, English, ESL, and humanities courses to high ...