There’s a lot one could write about Galileo, the Italian astronomer and physicist. But on a snowy Friday morning in December, during a lesson helping students draft essays about outer space, teacher ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. When students can’t understand what they’re reading, it may be because ...

This technique gives multilingual students explicit instruction on how to effectively develop their ideas for each part of a ...

Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT launch in November 2022, it continues to bother teachers. No wonder: The tool has a fascinating ability to craft texts that look like a human wrote them. Influencing the ...

Practical tips for students who feel stuck at the start of an essay. Learn how to generate ideas, reduce pressure, and build ...

How can you create a balance between short and long sentences, and how does that change the flow of ideas in your writing? This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences ...

When we write things down, it’s important to keep things nice and clear, so it’s easy to read. Sentences help us give an order, ask a question, state a fact, or express an emotion or idea. Words are ...

In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...

Here’s a sentence from an article I was editing recently: “What’s more — aside from a specialized curriculum — private schools are notoriously known for their smaller classrooms.” It’s the kind of ...