The request was simple enough: Please come and talk to 11 separate Southern Indiana grade school classes about writing. You know, the thing you do for a living. Rearranging the alphabet into words.

One of America’s greatest living writers also happens to be one of the country’s longest-running teachers of creative writing. I’m talking about Joyce Carol Oates, author of more than 50 novels, whose ...

Children are born with vivid imaginations that run beyond boundaries and rules. Many are story tellers from the time they learn to string words together. But somehow, over time, we manage to bury ...

The result: In 2012, when NYC rolled out Common Core, some teachers became so anxious that, in one school where I was teaching, they walked around the room criticizing the kids’ creative writing ...

The Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing is awarded for the successful completion of 36 credits in one of the following concentrations: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Arts Writing, or Writing ...

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 ...

Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. However, recent research shows how teachers can help ...

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust for his centre The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy, he also receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. In recent years he has received ...