In the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of languages, scripts and contexts. This new edition ...

Children whose native language is not English are present in ever increasing numbers in elementary schools in the United States. Educators, therefore, must provide opportunities for these learners to ...

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

What Can Inhibit Writing Development? Like all learning problems, difficulties in writing can be devastating to a child's education and self-esteem. As children progress through school, they are ...

Teaching Writing is designed for K-12 teachers, paraprofessionals, instructional coaches, and other school-based educators. Building on the research of Professor Emerita Maria Brisk, the workshop ...

This year I tried a new writing practice in my 8th grade English class, and it led me to an important realization about writing development. Like many great classroom moments, this one happened by ...

Almost 15 years ago, when I was in the midst of dealing with my mother’s worsening dementia, I started writing about the experience. I wrote about going to the emergency room; bringing her to an ...

The Faculty Summer Writing Retreats provide uninterrupted time and space for writing free from distractions. The weeklong daily retreat offers blocks of time for writing, an opportunity for individual ...