Explore research on handwriting automaticity and sentence construction, plus strategies to improve writing instruction across grades K–3.

I’m just not a good writer.”It’s a phrase teachers hear too often, usually at the exact moment a writing task is assigned.

Creative writing is an excellent way to express yourself and stretch the limits of your imagination. In some cases, it might involve composing an email to a colleague. In other instances, it could ...

As a writer, I am aware of the long and pervasive discourse about the difficulty of writing. Writing is arduous and enervating, frequently frustrating, wrought with failure, and also, I believe, a fun ...

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of generating polished, grammatically correct text that meets academic standards, educators face a critical challenge: How can we teach students ...

The first time I stepped into the Chilmark Writing Workshop, I was mid-panic attack. The pine studio with stained-glass windows reminded me of a church, and a ceramic girdle on the wall made me think ...

In fall of 2024, I led a workshop for postdocs on how to engage undergraduates in the face of so much competition for their attention. Afterward, when we met for lunch, the postdocs quickly turned the ...