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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Learning to Write, Writing to Learn

Writing is one of the most difficult skills to teach—and yet it is essential for deepening learning, supporting creative expression, and boosting college- and career-readiness. The April 2018 issue of EL^® delves into strategies for improving and enriching writing instruction in schools.

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Learning to Write, Writing to Learn - April 2018 Educational Leadership - ASCD

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Featured Articles

Giving Students the Right Kind of Writing Practice
by Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle
The one-shot "big essay" approach is not the answer.

Demystifying Writing, Transforming Education
by Mike Schmoker
Writing can foster deeper learning in every content area—if we let it.

Making Student Writing Matter
by Yekaterina McKenney
Why writing instruction needs to go beyond formulas and mechanics.

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The Techy Teacher: Prioritizing In-Class Writing

In her monthly column, Catlin Tucker, teacher, international trainer, speaker, and bestselling author, discusses three blended learning models that free up a teacher's time to provide more timely feedback to developing writers.

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In this monthly crowd-sourced column, our readers compare notes on their favorite classroom author visits and who they would like to invite to speak to their students next.

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Educational Leadership magazine is ASCD's flagship publication. With a circulation of 135,000, EL is acknowledged throughout the world as an authoritative source of information about teaching and learning, new ideas and practices relevant to practicing educators, and the latest trends and issues affecting prekindergarten through higher education.