Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi ...

(This is the final post in a five-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here; Part Three here, and Part Four here.) The new question-of-the-week is: How do you get students to want to ...

Bells Elementary School recently welcomed children's book author Lisa Funari-Willever to its halls. Members of the fifth grade Honor Guard welcomed and escorted Ms. Funari-Willever around the school.

It all starts with one good sentence. That one good sentence is probably the hardest part of the writing process for Larry Pringle of West Nyack, N.Y., who has written more than 100 children’s books ...

Early in our careers, when we were fresh-faced and idealistic (we still are!) the prepackaged curriculum and the advice of more experienced colleagues was the go-to resource. Largely, we were advised ...