An elementary school teacher smartly used food to teach her students a lesson. Kayleigh Sloan teaches a creative writing class to first and second-graders. To teach a valuable lesson about where the ...

One of the key learning outcomes of university education in general, and liberal arts programmes, in particular, is that students acquire proficiency in writing across genres and disciplines. Further, ...

Teaching students to write is no easy feat, and it’s a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. Penny Kittle teaches first-year writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was ...

This online resources helps middle school students improve their literacy. The site provides games and 120 hours of supplemental resources. Teachers can access free digital lesson library online to ...

Early in our careers, when we were fresh-faced and idealistic (we still are!) the prepackaged curriculum and the advice of more experienced colleagues was the go-to resource. Largely, we were advised ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Jodi Picoult shared insights into how she makes time for writing and the approach she takes in her process.

A student reads short, anonymous passages written by classmates and will vote on which one should move to a final round, where an AI analysis will highlight the literary techniques used in each text ...

How spontaneity, trust, and shared discovery turn ordinary lessons into lasting memories Add as a preferred source on Google When pupils love the teacher and the teaching style, they invariably fall ...

Anne Vilen is a writer and school coach for EL Education and an author of Learning that Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction (2016). Previously, she taught ...