Kensey Jones' students were excited to support a Virginia shelter's mission. If shelter dogs could speak or write, what would they say? Forty-two second-graders at St. Michael's Episcopal School in ...

In this teacher-generated study we explored 15 children's perceptions of what constituted good writing to see how those might better inform the teacher's instruction. Transcripts of audiotaped data, ...

Second grade teacher Kensey Jones wanted her students to write something that could have a real impact when she thought about this year's persuasive writing assignment. So she approached the director ...