Earlier this week we looked at the first four truths by which teachers of writing should be guided in this, the golden age of bad writing instruction. If your goal is to teach students to really ...

As National Writing Project teachers, Bud Hunt, Antero Garcia, and I know what I suspect New Dorp High School teachers have learned as well. It's not just the curriculum that brings on the revolution.

Who wants to read scholarly journal articles confirming teachers' conviction that they have lost control over what should be their work: instruction, curriculum, assessments, teacher evaluation ...

It may be that persuasive writing is "complex and time-intensive," wrote Program Director Aigner Picou in the report. "Ineffective school schedules could inhibit a teachers' ability to allocate time ...

Teachers believe the Common Core standards in their states can improve how they teach writing, but they also find plenty of shortcomings with the standards -- and with the associated state writing ...

A recent survey finds that teachers say the common-core standards have led them to focus more on teaching writing than they have in the past, and yet they haven't gotten the proper training to do so.

In a follow-up to their previous English Journal article, the authors report on focus-group discussions about writing in which college teachers from across the curriculum participated. Implications ...