I've been a college admissions coach for two decades, but my current students lack basic reading and writing skills. I blame ...
In May 2025 an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education posed the question: Are students no longer reading in college courses? This article was serendipitously published just days before educators ...
A new state law will require districts to update literacy curricula for grades K-4 to align with research on how to teach ...
As I was taking notes for this column, I thought it fitting to write them in cursive, a skill I spent many hours mastering ...
Faizan Zaki, age 13, spelled the word “eclaircissement” and collapsed on the floor in victory as confetti showered him at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee last week. The annual competition took ...
SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — South Carolina students are making notable academic progress, with the latest SC READY test results showing statewide improvements in both reading and math, particularly in the ...
The agonizingly slow trajectory of Oregon students’ academic recovery from pandemic disruptions continued for a third straight year in 2024, dashing hopes that the state’s students would finally begin ...
This is the first part in a two-part series about Penn’s Critical Writing Seminar. As the only required class for all undergraduates, the Critical Writing Seminar is widely considered a rite of ...