Writing instruction may have fallen by the wayside during the No Child Left Behind Act era, as teachers zeroed in on teaching math and reading. But now, with most states using the Common Core State ...

Effective academic writing at Hope College should be characterized by eleven key qualities, regardless of paper type (whether lab report, reader response, personal reflection, memo, term paper, ...

The Advanced Writing requirement is part of the Miami Plan. The goal of the requirement is to provide students with writing instruction, practice, and feedback that will serve as a foundation for the ...

This morning I had a great conversation with a colleague about the inherent challenges of academic writing and teaching students to write it. As high school English teachers, it is our obligation to ...

The transition from high school to college brings numerous challenges, but perhaps none more pronounced than the shift in writing expectations. Many first-year students are caught off guard by the ...