In a recent opinion essay, I defended the primacy of traditional literacy skills against the National Council of Teachers of English ’s mystifying call to “decenter” them. In this essay, I will ...

College students face a common enemy. The blank page. The blinking cursor. Writing essays can feel like torture. Professors want polished academic writing. But who actually practices that in real life ...

All of us obviously want to help our students become better writers. But are there ways we can “double-dip,” too—in other words, help them improve their writing AND also use writing instruction to ...

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