“Avoid the passive voice” is a favorite maxim of writing teachers. But for young learners, exposure to passive construction—and other more complex sentences in spoken language—may help children ...

The film follows a young student named Jimmy as he learns about sentences in school. Through various examples, he discovers the difference between telling sentences, which end with a period, and ...

Exactly how much reading of whole books—especially novels—students should be doing is a contested topic, with no clear ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Many people want to write a book, but few actually do it because of how difficult the ...