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Should We Care About Grammar and Spelling on Twitter?
Many people assume I am a guardian of grammar. The typical plane-ride conversation goes like this: “What do you do?”” “I am an English professor”...
Education
Is Facebook Turning College Students Into Terrible Writers?
The social media giant encourages students to write only to themselves and to those who are just like them.
Education
Would a Laptop for Every Student Help? In Maine It Certainly Did
Since 2001, Maine's invested in laptops for every student. Now they're leading the world in tech education.
Education
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Could Blogging Be the Key to Raising a Generation of Great Writers?
A Minnesota teacher is helping her students set up blogs and gain a readership. The result? The kids "see themselves as writers—real writers."
Education
Writing Down the Demons
How a teacher struggles to find the balance between honesty and professionalism—and sometimes doesn't. The private high school where I teach...
Education
More Than 10 Percent of College Papers Plagiarize Wikipedia
Even though paper mills and cheat sites are popular sources of copied work, the encyclopedia site reigns supreme.
Education
Can Launching a Robot into Space Spark Students to Think Creatively?
Students from Montreal and Los Angeles will team up to send a robot into outer space.
Education
Literacy as a Weapon: A Radical Approach To Teaching That Put Bronx Teens on the College Track
The Power Writers program teaches, "If you don’t learn to write your own life story, someone else will write it for you."
Design
GOOD Design Daily: Oliver Munday's Zany Vision for 826DC
Oliver Munday adds his unique voice to the visual language of 826, with the stunning new The Museum of Unnatural History storefront at 826DC.
Education
Teaching: A Lesson in Fortitude
How a student named Martin proved that first impressions are not always what they seem. A few years ago, I taught a low-income, first-generation...
Education
Is 500 Words Enough for a College Application Essay?
Thanks to poor writing and too-long essays, the Common Application is capping word counts for this fall's crop of college applicants.
Culture
The 100 Best Magazine Articles Ever: An Ongoing Collaborative List [UPDATED]
Kevin Kelly just posted suggestions for the 100 best long-form magazine articles ever written (in English). Here are the top five so far (those...
Environment
The DBA 98 Biodegradable Pen
How many pens have you used in your lifetime? One hundred? One thousand? Ten thousand? (Maybe.) Most if not all of those discarded tubes of...
Lifestyle
Food Studies: Meet Christine, Studying at New York City's French Culinary Institute
GOOD's second Food Studies blogger is Christine, who chose to go culinary school to become a food writer—but then fell in love with cooking.
Lifestyle
Food for Thinkers: An Online Festival of Food and Writing
Six days, 48 writers—from space archaeologists to music bloggers, plus everything in between—and one topic: what makes food so interesting?
Education
People Are Awesome: L.A. Writer Shaves Head to Raise Cash for Struggling Nonprofit
Writer Colleen Wainwright went bald for a program that teaches literacy to high school girls.
Education
Your Favorite Public Education Reformer Probably Went to Private School
Many of today's prominent education reformers attended private school. Their policies for public schools are a far cry from that experience.
Culture
Submissions: Display Your Poetry
We thought it was time to take a break from texts and emails and write some poetry. Check out these awesome submissions.
