I grew up in B.C. days—Before Computers. The closest thing I had to an iPad was an Etch-A-Sketch, which kept me entertained on many a family drive. Nowadays, it seems every four-year-old has a mobile ...

Should you be concerned about the current rage for keyboards in kindergarten to replace crayons, pencils, and paper? Are you worried if your third grader can’t write or read their name in cursive?

While it would be great if teachers could spend lots of time with each of their students, the fact is that children often end up doing most of their handwriting exercises unsupervised. A new system ...

Lucy Calkins, a Columbia University education professor, has misguided New York City teachers on showing children how to read and comprehend books. YouTube Every teacher of struggling readers has ...

The handwriting is not on the walls of Midway Hills Academy. It’s on plain old-fashioned ruled notebook paper. And that ...

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 ...

It’s quaint to read how common it was in the late 1920s, when sound had just come to the movies, to assume it was just a fad. More than a few people thought films had been better without sound — that ...

Over my 12 years as a college admissions advisor, I have helped 1,300-plus applicants choose schools and create a strategy. But my most significant role is in helping them find insight into their life ...

Goodness, I hate writing cursive. Some people love it. They enjoy and admire the flourishes, the art and the discipline that go into writing “longhand.” (Does anybody use that word anymore?) My late ...