Who knew that a loaf of bread, some peanut butter, and a jar of jelly could turn into one of the funniest and most effective ...

In these ten-minute lessons, Australian teachers teach fundamental skills in English. These mini lessons are co-designed with teachers and produced with the support of Australian schools, the NSW ...

Teaching students to write is no easy feat, and it’s a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. Penny Kittle teaches first-year writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was ...

The YES! Magazine article, “Growing Up in a Kenyan Slum Taught Me the Real Value of Stuff,” by Simon Okelo, is a story about learning to live with less in the midst of abundance. Students will use ...

Here’s a teaching idea from an English teacher in Scotland that may come as a surprise: using spam emails to teach persuasive writing and other lessons to your students. In The Guardian‘s Teacher ...

Do teachers and administrators at your school discipline students with dignity? Or with disrespect? The YES! Magazine article, “Discipline With Dignity: Oakland Classrooms Try Healing Instead of ...

We can whine all we want about George R.R. Martin's writing speed, or about how he kills all our faves, or about how he insists on naming every one of his 2,302 characters, but at the end of the day ...

No thinker has occupied as much space in my mind than Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Her writing could be sharp—sometimes biting—but always deeply principled. She once told me offhandedly, you have to own what ...

The district will familiarize students with taking tests online and increase its focus on writing instruction to combat a 4% ...

Benjamin Miller works for the University of Sydney. University students across the nation will be handing in their first assignments of the academic year over the next few weeks. Academic staff will ...