Struggling with SAT Reading and Writing? Expert shares tips every student should follow for better scores

Indian students aspiring to study abroad are performing better on the SAT than ever before. Year-on-year data shows a steady ...
Education Week

3 Takeaways About the Connection Between Reading and Writing Instruction

Learning how to write well can make students better readers. Study after study has shown that when children are taught how to write complex sentences and compose different kinds of texts, their ...
EdSource

To improve literacy, focus on writing

We have all been reading the news about disappointing literacy rates in California, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic and online learning. Last month, State Superintendent of Public ...
Education Week

A Simple Formula to Improve Reading and Writing Skills

In a recent opinion essay, I defended the primacy of traditional literacy skills against the National Council of Teachers of English ’s mystifying call to “decenter” them. In this essay, I will ...
Psychology Today

Reading, Writing, and AI

This is a guest post by Rachel Jamison Webster. This fall, students returned to school with AI software embedded in Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Students will use AI to do research and to generate ...
The Conversation

The power of touch is vital for both reading and writing

Naomi S. Baron does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Brandeis University

Tips for Successful Close Reading

If you have been assigned a close reading as an assignment, circle keywords or ideas that the professor uses in the guidelines. You'll want to include these words and concepts in your answer. Next, ...
The Conversation

Philadelphia students have a new reading and writing curriculum − a literacy expert explains what’s changing

Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo has received funding in the past from the National Science Foundation, Sesame Workshop, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, and Drexel University.
Science Daily

Children's reading and writing develop better when they are trained in handwriting

Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using different ...
Fast Company

AI is changing reading, writing, and learning—here’s what that means

We hear it all the time: AI is changing the world. It’s an easy thing to say, but when the hype is this loud, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s just noise. Experts and opportunists start to ...
Forbes

Problems With Lucy Calkins’ Curriculum Go Beyond Reading—To Writing

Recent controversy about literacy guru Lucy Calkins has centered on her approach to reading instruction. But she came to prominence as an expert on writing, and her influence there has been even ...