Across the globe, folks will celebrate Earth Day this Saturday (April 22) with lots of community clean-up and educational events.…
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A Painless Way to Add More Informational Text
Teenagers are self-absorbed. I get that. (Heck, most adults we know are also pretty focused on themselves, no?) Nevertheless, I’ve…
Juvenile Justice
The Supreme Court is in the news today, as Judge Neil Gorsuch was officially announced last night as the president’s…
Listen & Learn
One thing that surprised me during last spring’s testing season was the heavy use of computer-voice instructions and listening passages…
FREE Media Literacy Worksheets
Last week, Stanford researchers released a “bleak” report showing that more than 80 percent of students can’t determine the difference…
Scary Stuff
My school’s hallways are abuzz this week with the creepy clown ridiculousness that’s sweeping America and now, it seems, the…
Plagiarism = The Toxic Mold of High School
About eight years ago, I stopped giving out-of-class writing assignments and, instead, decided to have all major papers written in…
It’s My Honor to Introduce
`Tis the season for graduation speakers to start preparing remarks as they’ll soon populate podiums across the land, hoping to…
Take My Advice?
I recently caught myself being one of those annoying people who offer advice without being asked. Twice over winter break,…
Write About Now
As October comes to a close, novelists-in-the-making are sharpening their pencils (or more likely charging their laptops) in preparation for…