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.

The Internet has ruined high-school writing. Write the line on the board five hundred times like Bart Simpson. Remember and internalize it. Intone it in an Andy Rooney-esque grumble. I've heard ...

Jorge Ruiz, a Dallas pre-K bilingual teacher, helps students develop their oral language skills by teaching them how to speak in complete sentences. For children who come from low-income families ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. ‘He walked quickly back to the house.’ Simple sentences are important for making clear points. Be careful though ...

When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example: Still, the sun is slowly getting brighter and hotter, and ...