Dry. Proscriptive. Wordy. Jargony. Boring. Many words have been used to describe scientific writing, very few of which would excite a reader to take a closer look into the contents of a paper. With ...

A NASA mission is taking four astronauts around the moon and back for the first time in 50 years. Will it make a difference in the world? By Natalie Proulx The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that ...

Mars Gen One: Argubot Academy is a slick iPad role-playing game that illustrates the purpose of making a solid, evidence-based argument. The game follows Zodiac Flynn through his first days in a ...

A written argument is not the same as a verbal argument with a friend – which is often full of passion and you say strongly what you think. When you write to argue, your audience are strangers not ...

Climate change remains one of the most urgent and debated issues in the United States today. With wildfires, hurricanes, and rising sea levels frequently making headlines, students are often tasked ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How do we teach ELLs formal language and how to write argument essays for the CCSS? The number of English Language Learners in our schools is growing and, at the ...

New York City is rolling out lessons on Jewish and Muslim American history to counter a rise in hateful harassment, vandalism and rhetoric. Would all students benefit from a similar program? By Jeremy ...