Readers and writers: Great fiction and a primer on AI

Stop wrapping gifts for a minute and put these fiction and nonfiction titles on your TBA list: a ghost story set in Wisconsin ...

Kids aren't learning to spell anymore

Chandler acknowledges that little or non-existent spelling instruction puts children with an existing or emerging learning ...
Marketplace

What do post offices do with “Dear Santa” letters?

Children (and adults) can write letters to Santa Claus through the U.S. Postal Service’s Operation Santa program, which ...
Colorado Public Radio

New Sand Creek Massacre book revives letters and the moral courage of Capt. Silas Soule, the officer who refused to fire

When author and minister Nancy Niero first encountered Capt. Silas Soule, she didn’t know how deeply his story would shape her own. Early in her work as a museum educator at the Colorado Historical ...
Phys.org

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

Writing using computers is a vital life skill. We are constantly texting, posting, blogging and emailing. This is a huge change for schools when it comes to teaching writing. For students, learning ...
The Conversation

Australian students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers – does this need to change?

Anabela Malpique has received funding from The Ian Potter Foundation and currently receives funding from The Collier Charitable Foundation. Deborah Pino Pasternak has received funding from the ...
The New York Times

Marie Kondo Likes Book Covers That Feel ‘Smooth and Silky’

“It’s all about the texture,” says the author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” and the new “Letter From Japan.” Both fit the bill. Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported by In an email interview, ...