Students’ writing skills grow when they participate in activities that guide them to work at developing their own narratives.

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Studies reveal that when handwriting automaticity is achieved, it enhances the cognitive and "free-flowing" intellectual ...

On a gray November morning, stacks of essays sat on an admissions counselor’s desk at a New England liberal arts college. She ...

In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay ...

What happened should be taken as a wake-up call, rather than a crime scene. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been the The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and ...

In the high-stakes world of college admissions, your application essay is your superpower. While grades and test scores show your accomplishments, your essay is the one place you can speak directly to ...

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...

But instead of investment in housing, residents could see an increase in property taxes. Mayor Cantrell's 2026 proposed budget includes a property tax "roll forward" of millage rates. Millages were ...

LeBron James recently toured China for the 15th time as a signature Nike athlete, promoting his shoes and clothing apparel for the sporting goods conglomerate. And, as is customary when any NBA star ...

A day after reports surfaced that LeBron James had published an Op-Ed in the Chinese state-run People’s Daily newspaper, the James camp is correcting the record. Over at The Athletic, longtime James ...

A few years ago, I had lunch with the head of a major motion picture studio, who declared that his central problem was not finding good people—it was finding good ideas. Since then, when giving talks, ...