As the common core is brought to life in classrooms this year, some English/language arts teachers are finding themselves caught in a swirl of debate about whether the new standards require them to ...

For students who believe their Sosc readings are tiring, Jonathan Harr, this year’s Robert Vare Writer-in-Residence, thinks they should try nonfiction writing and reporting. “Nonfiction is exhausting, ...

Today’s post is the latest in my authors series (you can see previous ones here). I was lucky enough to interview Kylene Beers and Robert Probst about their new book, Reading Nonfiction. LF: You begin ...

To what extent, if at all, is it useful/feasible/desirable to use fiction to teach nonfictive material? And to what extent, if at all, is it currently being done? We don’t really know how and why ...

A recent article in The New York Times discusses some of the changes wrought by the Common Core at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. One change is the addition of more non-fiction ...

James Fallows has done it all. Most recently, the award-winning journalist spent three years living in China, chronicling the rapid rise of that country's economy as a national correspondent for the ...

Jill Abramson, who was ousted last month as the top editor of The New York Times, will teach nonfiction classes at Harvard University this year.

Students practice strategies for reading nonfiction texts fluently. Students practice strategies for reading nonfiction texts fluently. Mrs. Forth will then teach the importance of scooping words into ...