The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. I taught basic ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the ...

Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

Is it just me, or are student competencies like basic writing skills in serious peril today? Granted, I am about a decade in to my teaching career, but even within this fairly short span, I have ...

The easy "A" your Advanced Placement (AP) English teacher promised you'd get in college writing classes may not pan out as expected. While honors and AP English programs aim to give high-achieving ...

At least 70 percent of learners in primary schools in Uganda cannot write adequately, a new report by Uwezo Uganda and the People’s Action for Learning (PAL) Network indicates. The report, titled ...

Teachers of basic skills too often perceive their students as victims of an intellectual disease. To recast this educational vision, the author suggests new philosophic premises for viewing ...