How is the new literacy curriculum different? For the past few years, the Philadelphia School District has used a homegrown curriculum created by Philadelphia teachers. This curriculum, shared with ...

Jenna Sheffield, Ph.D., and Anna Kroon ’19 at the Johnson Family Writing Awards. Devon Moore M.A. remembers when the first official writing-intensive courses were offered at the University of New ...

To raise student achievement and increase accountability, states and school districts nationwide have, over the last few years, developed standards for student performance and implemented assessments ...

MANITOWOC — The Manitowoc school board approved adoption of a writing curriculum that will cost the district $98,000. "Being a Writer" has been implemented by several teachers this year as part of a ...

At Smith, we believe writing is a crucial tool in all disciplines and that, as experts in their field, faculty are ideally positioned to teach it across the curriculum. Teaching students how to convey ...

Every semester, Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) hosts our innovative Faculty Writing Fellows Program. The Program supports teams of faculty in their efforts to teach students to write more ...

The writing-attentive curriculum at Bates College is designed to provide students with a solid footing in using writing as a means for communication, scholarship, intellectual discovery and civic ...

“I believe that students with significant disabilities are capable and they have things to tell us,” says Janet Sturm, CMU Professor and creator. A special curriculum created by a Central Michigan ...

In many states, education officials are thinking of ways to open schools in the fall. There has been much debate on which is the best way to proceed. I’m sure you have probably heard of the Common ...

I recently learned that according to a group of education experts, the most impactful writing assignment of my life would not be rated as “high quality.” This was third grade, when our teacher, Mrs.

What advice can you give to help teachers be more effective in helping students become better writers? This series is a companion to last year’s five posts on Helping Our Students Become Better ...

In 2003, the Critical Writing Program formed to solve Penn’s “lack of centralization” problem. It sought to integrate all of Penn’s writing resources and, in doing so, required all undergraduates to ...