Students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers—does this need to change?

Similar to previous overseas studies, teachers in our study spent significantly more time teaching paper-based writing than ...
Santa Clara University

Writing to Learn

Writing happens in every classroom and for a range of instructional purposes. When writing is used as a mechanism for processing learning, metacognition, self-reflection, and problem-solving, this is ...
EdSurge

Pencil Versus Keyboard: What Do We Know About Learning How to Write?

Like many skills, good writing comes with good practice. Just ask Jane Hyatt Yolen, author and editor of more than 280 books, whose most notable quotes include: “Exercise the writing muscle every day, ...
The New York Times

Writing Resources

Past winners of our student contests share their best writing moves. By Natalie Proulx How to Teach With the Art and Artifacts in Our New Book, ‘Coming of Age in 2020’ Work by teenagers — photos, ...
Education Week

With Larry Ferlazzo

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 ...