Writing is a skill often relegated to the backdrop of a student's academic journey, overshadowed by grades, majors, and extracurricular activities. However, the ability to write clearly and ...

Miami University professor Elizabeth Wardle says technological advances won’t replace the need for skilled writing—and that you’re writing more than you think. In an era where communication happens ...

Coding and computer science have yet to make their way into every school curriculum in the U.S. But the country isn’t short on initiatives—such as Google’s Code Next program or the White House’s Obama ...

Communication consistently ranks among the top five soft skills employers look for when choosing new hires. And in a world where face-to-face is becoming less and less, that communication more often ...

Asked to assess their students’ current writing skills, these AP and NWP teachers give students modest ratings. Despite seeing many positive effects of today’s digital tools on student writing, ...

Shorthand, social media writing has become all too familiar for my generation. (Isn’t filtering in ‘lol’ to almost any conversation second nature at this point?). But our hundred or so texts a day and ...

English teacher Carrie Beth Buchanan sees the effects of students’ growing up in an age when communication is done in an abbreviated text language and where they depend on autocorrect to automatically ...

Today, most entrepreneurs know that content is vital for business success. Blog posts, social media content, press releases and much more play a key role in building your business and personal brand.

I was a science kid in high school; I loved physics and mathematics. When I learned my senior year that I was assigned to the English teacher with a reputation as the most rigorous in school, I ...

Learning and honing business writing skills can have a positive impact on an individual's career advancement. Effective communication makes an organization run smoothly. Professional writing improves ...