A team of researchers has hit on a surprisingly simple way to potentially narrow the achievement gaps that widen between African-American and white students in middle school: Have students write for ...

What do you genuinely care about? It’s a deceptively simple question, but one we often neglect answering for ourselves. As a result, we tend to focus our efforts and energies on tasks that don’t truly ...

Providing teenagers opportunities to affirm positive aspects of their identities can help bolster their self-esteem over time and ease transitions to high school, new Cornell psychology research finds ...

First-Year Writing courses at UMass Lowell are designed to develop students’ abilities to use writing in their current and future work and lives. While in these courses, students learn about how ...

In Geology and Environmental Earth Science, students use informal writing (like observational notes, data plots, diagrams, etc.)to generate ideas and do the work of science. In History, students ...

The Writing and Communication Center cultivates a supportive environment where students grow as writers and communicators. Guided by our vision, mission, and values, we offer personalized ...

African-American school students asked to write about their personal values for fifteen minutes at the start of the school year earn higher grades for up to two years afterwards. The work is a ...