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SAT ADDS ESSAY, REMOVES ANALOGIES
June 28, 2002
Jenna Russell, Globe Staff


The College Board yesterday announced some of the most sweeping changes to the Scholastic Assessment Test since its debut in 1926: the elimination of analogy questions, the introduction of.....


EDUCATORS STILL SEARCH FOR THE WRITE STUFF NEW BOSTON PROGRAM AIMS TO HELP KIDS GET THE LEAD OUT
March 17, 2002
Alice Gomstyn, Globe Correspondent


Jane King once asked a sixth-grader to write a five-paragraph essay on what good sportsmanship meant to him. In the first paragraph, the student presented a short list of behaviors and qualities.....


SCRIPT FOR SUCCESS: HARVARD CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE LAUNCHES WRITEBOSTON TP BUILD 'GATEWAY' SKILLS
February 21, 2002
Beth Potier, Gazette Staff


They've tackled reading.
Now it's on to writing.
Building on its successful ReadBoston campaign, the Harvard Children's Initiative (HCI), one of the University's 11 interfaculty initiatives, is launching WriteBoston, a communitywide....


WRITEBOSTON GETS OFF TO RIGHT START AT 3 SCHOOLS
January 20, 2002
Megan Tench, Globe Staff


Hoping to boost the writing skills of Boston public students, school and city officials last week kicked off WriteBoston, a writing version of Boston's popular literacy campaign ReadBoston....


EFFORT SEEKS TO INCREASE WRITING SKILLS
January 18, 2002

WriteBoston, a writing version of Boston's popular literacy campaign ReadBoston, was kicked off yesterday to help boost the writing skills of Boston middle and high school students. Over the years, ReadBoston...

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