Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

COLOMA, Mich. (WSBT) — Fourth graders and veterans finally met face to face after a year-long pen pal connection. It was all a part of a pen pal program to enhance students’ reading and writing skills ...

Shellie Ross of Wesley Rankin Community Center (right, holding “Reach for the STAARS” sign) takes part in a pep rally to welcome students at Edison Middle Learning Center on STAAR testing day. Erika ...

Glassboro fourth-grader Dominic Barr II (left) smiled as he presented a realistic fiction narrative entitled "Hakeem and Jamal" to classmates and parents at the Thomas E. Bowe School Winter Writing ...

COLOMA, Mich. (WSBT) — Reading and writing are important lessons students learn while in school. This year, students at Coloma Intermediate put these lessons to use by having special pen pals, and on ...

Nomi Brown likes to write stories about her life, but tell them from the perspective of a different person.That’s a very different perspective for the 10-year-old who until this school year would ...

She grew up to be a bestselling author, despite her test scores. Now, she's pointing out how formal education gets things wrong. Author and literary agent Alexandra Penfold can speak firsthand on how ...

Nearly 1,000 fourth graders in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties will participate in a three-year, federally funded educational research project that aims to improve student performance in reading, ...

Last year, when a new version of ChatGPT was released that could spit out an essay on the causes of World War I or how symbolism is used in Shakespeare’s Macbeth with eye-popping efficiency, veteran ...

Similes, personification and onomatopoeia ... can you identify these when reading written material? If so, these abilities could earn you a sparkling tiara. If not, you may not be smarter than a ...

CENTERVILLE - Over the past year the pandemic has changed the way many people communicate in both their business and personal lives. Many have not seen friends and relatives in person for almost a ...