Joanne JacobsMar 192 minDrop the admissions essay, and bring back the SATIt's time to dump college admissions essays, writes Matthew Levey on The 74. Test scores and good grades in challenging courses are...
Joanne JacobsFeb 202 minSympathy for the devil: What's the bad guy's point of view?Novelist Rachel Kadish tells her creative-writing students to write a first-person monologue by a character with "abhorrent" views that...
Joanne JacobsJan 282 minMore than ever, college applicants are writing about raceWriting about race is more popular than ever for black, Hispanic and indigenous college applicants, writes Bernard Mokam in the New York...
Joanne JacobsOct 25, 20232 min'A' is for 'awesome,' 'awful' and 'average' "The most popular high school grade in America" is "A," writes Tim Donahue, who teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day...