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How well do our school systems prepare our children for college? Today, ACT, the writers of one of the college entrance exams, came out with its annual report on high school students’ college readiness. The news is dismal; according to them, only one-fourth of our children are ready for college. (http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/24/act-scores-show-high-school-students-are-not-ready-for-college/) Granted, this report is…
Writing is a tough subject to teach. It is often difficult when teaching writing to find the balance between encouraging creativity and imposing structure. In her article in Education Week (“Let’s Stop Teaching Writing”), Paula Stacy lays out a problem she has observed in her classes that comes from focusing too heavily on the “structure”…
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