In early 2021, I finally snagged my lifelong Holy Grail: a non-fiction book deal. I was a science reporter covering the COVID-19 pandemic, and I felt there was no more meaningful thing I could do than ...

What are three things that matter most to you and to people significantly older than you? How do your responses compare? Students will read and respond to the YES! article “Three Things That Matter ...

WHY Do These Differences Exist? When entering a new discipline, there is a tendency for students to think that they need to start over and learn a new style of writing. Instead, our goal should be to ...

Reading and writing are so intertwined that instruction in one is bound to benefit the other. Here, Dana Robertson, an associate professor of reading and literacy education at Virginia Tech, offers ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is the biggest mistake teachers make in writing instruction, and what should they do instead? We teachers make lots of mistakes in writing instruction. Just ...

Having interviewed more than 30 bestselling authors over the past year on my podcast, I’ve learned a lot about how they overcome distractions and mental blocks and get down to work each day. I like to ...

As the new school year begins, all those little hands in elementary school are once again at the center of a fierce debate: Is cursive writing a skill that’s still worth teaching, or an out-of-date ...

J.K. Rowling, a.k.a. Robert Galbraith — author of the Cormoran Strike crime novel series — spoke with NPR’s Barrie Hardymon Monday about the latest Strike mystery, “Career of Evil.” The third ...