Judith C. Hochman has long seen holes in writing instruction. “We’re very good at assigning writing,” she explains. “We’re not very good at teaching kids how to write.” In 2012, the Hochman Method, as ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An overhaul to the way high school students are taught grammar, punctuation and sentence structure will be introduced after a ...

For years, nothing seemed capable of turning around New Dorp High School’s dismal performance—not firing bad teachers, not flashy education technology, not after-school programs. So, faced with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. English departments will be chiefly responsible for teaching grammar, sentence structure and punctuation, under a draft new syllabus, ...

In each grade level for first to fifth, there is a classroom with two full-time instructors teaching approximately 30 ...