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Plain language: why clear writing is a science, not a style
Clear writing has tools, dates, and laws: Flesch-Kincaid in 1975, the Plain Writing Act in 2010, and an ISO standard in 2023. Here is what the evidence shows.
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How bad is the literacy crisis in the numbers?
National tests show a real reading slide: 31 percent of fourth-graders at Proficient, more adults at the lowest levels. The crisis label depends on the bar.
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What Is Innovation in Education? Classrooms That Keep Changing
The word shows up in every school brochure. Here is what it actually means, and how to tell a real change from a renamed one.
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Standardized testing debate — Standardized testing: how exams became gatekeepers and what may replace them
The standardized testing debate is really a question about fairness: same exam for everyone, but is the same exam measuring the same things?