Digital tools are becoming a standard in early childhood classrooms. Many schools now rely on tablets, laptops, and typing ...

For a lot of kids, writing is a chore. Essays. Journal entries. Book reports . But this month Newbery Honor winner Gail Carson Levine, author of "Ella Enchanted," comes to the rescue with "Writing ...

Children know from early on that writing is arranged along a line. WUSTL Photo/Courtesy of Rebecca Treiman, CC BY. Consider a study in which Chinese children were asked to write several words ...

Nina Heckle taught us ninth-grade English the way I imagine Vince Lombardi taught football. ... But by far the lesson that hit me hardest was that the kids can’t write.

Since 500 Words began, it has inspired over a million children across the UK to write their own short-stories. This year we want to hear from even more children, no matter what their ability.

Today, the UK’s most successful writing competition for children, 500 Words, launched on BBC Breakfast, live from a primary school in Abergavenny.

Jason Reynolds is an award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. This hour, Jason speaks with Manoush about reaching kids through stories that let them feel understood.