Writing is a core skill needed for success in both education and the workplace. Yet the writing proficiency among American students has been below expectation. Only 2 percent of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-graders scored at the advanced level, and roughly a quarter scored at the proficient level in the latest National Assessment of Educational...

Theory and practice in the teaching of creative writing is understandably accompanied with a great deal of malaise, and this suggests a quandary for earnest teachers of creative writing. Should creative writers first look to theories of writing rather than infer them from art? I would like to propose that recent theories of composition - both ...

Traditional outcome measures used in community colleges fall well short of providing educators and state lawmakers with meaningful information about how well CTE programs are meeting workforce needs and how successful students are in meeting their CTE goals. Institutional graduation rates carry more meaning for the liberal arts mission than for...