The ELA community should absolutely acknowledge the digital era—but not at the expense of books and expository writing. If the council truly desires for record proportions of students to become ...

Expository writing, the basis of much of nonfiction ... right now only 17–22 percent of books available in classroom collections are nonfiction. So, yes, your kids, your grandkids, your bonus ...

MG Prezioso is a postdoctoral researcher and expository writing instructor at Harvard University. Chances are, if you’ve seen a movie adaptation of a book you’ve read, you’ve left the ...