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Education

• Defending the adverb

  I love it when someone punctures a “rules of good writing” myth with a large resounding pop, and so this week I’m indebted to Geoffrey Pullum, who has a post… Read more »

• SLIDESHOW: Melville House at the 2013 Freshman Year Reading Conference

  The Freshman Year Experience Conference is in full swing in Orlando, Florida. University administrators who coordinate orientation activities and common reading programs are meeting in sessions to discuss strategies for counseling,… Read more »

• Massive book donation planned for Hurricane Sandy victims

  “Schools and libraries in the tri-state region suffering significant damage from Hurricane Sandy are eligible” to receive books… Read more »

• Melville House at the Modern Language Association

  This past weekend, we packed a car full of novellas, Neversinks, and Last Interviews and set off to Boston for the annual Modern Language Association conference. This was the first… Read more »

• This is your brain; this is your brain on books

  It’s not only what we read — but thinking rigorously about it that’s of value… Read more »

• Nicholas Kristof can kiss my Appalachia

  Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is never one to let details stand in the way of a good crusade, and this time around is no exception. It seems everybody’s favorite ham-fisted… Read more »

• Materials for MOOCs

  The hot buzzword in academia right now is MOOC, which stands for Massive Open Online Course. The syllabus, course material, and lectures are provided online, so there’s no need to… Read more »

• Fiction being scrapped from schools?

  The Washington Post reports that fiction teaching is being cut drastically in many schools, thanks to instructions — or rather, lack of clear instruction — from the Common Core State Standards board. The… Read more »

• Whither handwriting?

  Where is the art of handwriting going? Or has it already gone? Philip Hensher, critic and novelist, has written a new book, The Missing Ink, on the decline of handwriting, as… Read more »

• The end of the arts in Britain?

  Another catastrophically shortsighted policy move from the British government has drawn the ire of the country’s leading arts figures. This time education is the battleground, specifically the new English baccalaureate… Read more »