Althouse Corner: Blogging and Scholarship--Evansville Corner--Blogging and Writing Development

Tension is mounting in Evansville. No. Not about the election. About the number ONE academic goal of the 2005-2006 school year at Evansville Schools. Do you remember what it is? Yes-----to improve student writing competence. Lack of it has been clearly identified as one of the areas to remedy.

So--How are we doing? I have asked for some leadership from the blogging community in Evansville. They have stepped up to the plate. You are the judge. It does seem to me that more folks are involved and the quality of the prose on the posts and the comment line indicate that the public is doing their very best to be proper role models for the school system here in our fair city. Traffic on the sites has skyrocketed also. People are reading even if they are not writing. Also good, since improving reading is the second goal of the academic year.

On the famous post called "The secret" I mentioned what each blogger knows to be the key----write every day. Check with your student today to see what he/she has written. The bloggers are doing their best.

Now it is up to the students to do their thing. And WRITE.

P.S. Click on the post to read an article by Althouse on how blogging has changed legal scholarship---formerly it was just a pointy headed vanity press. Now it is the source of active interaction by all legal types. Enjoy.