Harvard in 1900 had only one required course -- freshman composition -- reflecting the faculty’s belief that writing was too important a skill to be left to caprice. After all, back in 1874-- 1874! -- ...

Writing is often difficult for educators to teach, challenging for students to do, and hard for administrators to monitor and evaluate. Yet writing well—and the high-quality writing instruction behind ...

Recent scholarly efforts have advanced our understanding of writing instruction by examining both the cognitive and motivational dimensions that underpin student development. Research in this area has ...

With educators under enormous pressure to make sure students meet grade level standards in reading and math, writing often takes a back seat in the curriculum, as many literacy experts have observed.

As a writing across the curriculum scholar and programmer, I’ve been talking about artificial intelligence writing tools a lot lately. I’ve heard it all, from the woes and worries of students using ...