Allycia Uhrhan’s 6th graders at Truman Middle School in St. Louis started their field-science week collecting data on fish hatching at nearby Forest Park. But the trip really started the prior week, ...

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 ...

Louisiana schools will implement new standards in English classes that aim to improve reading and writing skills.

I’m just not a good writer.”It’s a phrase teachers hear too often, usually at the exact moment a writing task is assigned.

Today, reading and writing are considered essential to function in modern society, but more than 2,400 years ago in Ancient Greece, the legendary philosopher Socrates was not a fan. Famous for never ...

Are students reading at all these days? Source: Liz Swan / author Every year, my writing program hosts a summer seminar in which faculty members introduce new teaching strategies (e.g., what is ...