A strong foundation in both writing and reading is critical to your success at Western Michigan University. Before you meet with your academic advisor for your one-on-one advising meeting, you should ...

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 ...

Teachers are focusing on writing instruction like never before. More and more, they’re asking students to write about what they read, helping them think through and craft their work, and using such ...

Researchers often ask: “How can I improve my academic writing?” There are many ways: learning from the style of writers you admire and getting feedback from people you trust, to name a couple. But one ...

The new question-of-the-week is: In what ways can reading support writing instruction? It isn’t easy for educators to teach reading, and it isn’t easy for students to learn the skill, either. But, in ...

From strict word limits to human-like tone, I compared how ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity explain content ...

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 ...

For teachers and parents, a close look at a child’s writing sample offers key information about his or her literacy development. In this post, I collaborate with co-author Dr. Molly Ness of Fordham ...

I love to write — and I have over 10 years’ worth of journals at home to prove it. Writing is my therapy, my outlet, my default. But there’s always been a little something that’s gotten in the way of ...