The Last Days of 'Whom'?
Language arts teachers take note: According to Atlantic staff writer Megan Garber, the dreaded "who/whom" distinction may soon be a thing of the past. Read Full Post >
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November 30, 2012
Friday Video Break: 'The Art of the Metaphor'
TEDEducation has been putting together some very cool short lesson videos combining animation with instruction by high-profile educators. Read Full Post >
October 22, 2012
Writing: Practice What You Teach
Last Friday (Oct. 20) was National Day on Writing, as declared by the U.S. Senate. Our stellar new book blogger, Amy Wickner, wrote a nice post about it here. If you didn't get a chance to celebrate with your students, don't fret. November is NaNoWriMo—or National Novel Writing Month, as decl... Read Full Post >
August 27, 2012
Teaching Writing, Old-School
Continuing his search for answers to schools' writing-instruction problems, Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews profiles Rick Cannon, a renowned English teacher at an all-boys Catholic high school in Washington. For more than 30 years, Mathews reports, Cannon has been getting glowing r... Read Full Post >
August 15, 2012
Grammar Becomes Debateable
English teachers take note: Grammar—yes, grammar—has been making headlines this summer. Read Full Post >
July 24, 2012
Software Co. CEO Has 'Zero Tolerance' for Poor Grammar
Last month, we highlighted a story on the reported decline of grammar skills in the workplace. Now we can add Kyle Wiens, CEO of the online-repair-manual company iFixit, to the list of executives who believe this is not merely an academic issue. In a fiery post for the Harvard Business Review, Wie... Read Full Post >
July 16, 2012
Lesson Idea: Teaching Writing With Email Spam
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. Read Full Post >
June 25, 2012
Should Blogging Have a Larger Role in the Curriculum?
On Powerful Learning Practice's "Voices" blog, high school English teacher Shelley Wright says that teachers and students need to understand that blogging is very different in kind from persuasive-essay writing. It's more informal, looser in structural demands, and more playful. And in the long run,... Read Full Post >
June 22, 2012
When Poor Grammar Goes to Work
Something for you English teachers out there: Wall Street Journal columnist Sue Shellenbarger has an interesting piece on the downfall of decent grammar in the work place—a consequence, observers say, of the prevalence of informal communication conventions today. Read Full Post >
May 18, 2012
Common Standards: Why the Grudge Against Stories?
As has been widely reported, the College Board named David Coleman, the architect of the Common Core standards, as its in-coming president this week. The news has brought renewed attention to a statement Coleman made during a 2011 speech to the effect that, out in the working world, you will rarely ... Read Full Post >
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