Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

Fourth graders and veterans finally met face to face after a year-long pen pal connection. It was all a part of a pen pal program to enhance students’ reading and writing skills while also gaining a ...

Shellie Ross of Wesley Rankin Community Center (right, holding “Reach for the STAARS” sign) takes part in a pep rally to welcome students at Edison Middle Learning Center on STAAR testing day. Erika ...

COLOMA, Mich. (WSBT) — Reading and writing are important lessons students learn while in school. This year, students at Coloma Intermediate put these lessons to use by having special pen pals, and on ...

She grew up to be a bestselling author, despite her test scores. Now, she's pointing out how formal education gets things wrong. Author and literary agent Alexandra Penfold can speak firsthand on how ...

Nomi Brown likes to write stories about her life, but tell them from the perspective of a different person.That’s a very different perspective for the 10-year-old who until this school year would ...

After writing as pen pals since the first of the year, 51 Willett Elementary fourth-graders and their “senior buddy pen pals” at nearby Atria Covell Gardens exchanged gifts and letters in person for ...

Jeff Kurrus, Papillion La Vista Community Schools author-in-residence, takes a look at one La Vista West fourth-grader's writing. Kurrus visits fourth-grade classrooms across the district once a month ...

Bridges Community School fourth grader Mollie Miller and her senior volunteer pen pal Mick Emehiser might be years apart in age, but since they started writing this past fall, they’ve found out they ...