The ACT reported recently that college professors rank grammar as the most important skill for students entering college, while high-school teachers consider it the least important. The ACT thinks ...
Teaching grammar was always a challenge for me. The holy grail of instruction models for many fellow ELA teachers in the TFA DC Region cohort was "multisensory grammar," a creative approach to ...
For all the hype Millennials get, nearly every K-12 student today is part of its successor generation—Gen Z—a group more plugged in and social than ever before. The internet is awash in surveys ...
If you’ve been teaching for a while, you’ve probably noticed how your learners are no longer the same. Their habits, f ...
Grammar instruction may have waned in some classrooms starting in the early 2000s, largely because the high-stakes tests required by the No Child Left Behind law didn’t assess grammar specifically.
In May, I asked how teachers can address frequent student grammatical mistakes. The response to that post generated a number of great suggestions. But no response went so far as musician-comedian ...
Erica Bexley does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Language instructors are grappling with the question of how to teach writing effectively in upper-level undergraduate world language classes. At that point, students still have to master aspects of ...
PARKLAND, Wash. — A first-grade teacher in Pierce County has been called the "GOAT" by students and parents. Now, whether she's the Greatest of all Time is yet to be determined, but she is teaching ...
I own an employment agency. Much of our work is transacted via e-mail. We are a small and growing company, and it is important that my staff comes across as professionals in sending and receiving ...