Much to the delight of writing enthusiasts, the curriculum standards known as the Common Core stress the importance of students’ putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) across all subject areas.

Cursive writing is still taught in some schools within the U.S., although, it's not nationally mandated or emphasized. In ...

Education activists are increasingly becoming concerned about the computer grading of written portions of new Common Core tests. Can a computer really grade written work as well as a human being?

Critics who suspect Common Core is sneaking a social and political agenda into nationalized curriculum have new ammo in a writing lesson that purports to give both sides of the gun debate.

Cursive instruction waned after Common Core Standards were adopted by most states in 2010, but in recent years, cursive ...

The pre-common-core routines, when my 11th grade writers were expected to write persuasive essays on state writing tests, seem so primitive now. The prompts were usually one paragraph, addressing ...

One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that they don’t require teaching students to write in cursive. Some states, such as Tennessee and California , have ...

One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that they don’t require teaching students to write in cursive. Some states, such as Tennessee and California , have ...

Disdain for "Common Core" math instruction and the requirement that students explain their answers crosses all manner of partisan boundaries. Unfortunately, it's dead wrong: explaining answers is ...

Common Core Standards—adopted by 45 states—is supposed to bring back writing in schools. Ironically, a writing revolution in schools happened 37 years ago when an eloquent professor named ...

Surely one reason so many Americans lack writing skills is that, for decades, most U.S. schools haven't taught them. In 2011, a nationwide test found that only 24 percent of students in eighth and ...

Cursive writing is not being taught in many schools as some 45 states have adopted Common Core standards, which have eliminated the teaching of cursive writing. (AP Photo/Baseball Hall of Fame) By ...