Our columnist argues the politicalization of certain events makes it difficult to have productive classroom discussions. Students must approach dialect with an open mind for the sake of their ...

In February, I wrote a guest piece for the Daily Cal’s yearly Sex Issue about how “the personal is not always political,” in which I tried to explore quite a few topics in about 800 words: I ...

As someone who has spent more than two decades helping high school students navigate how to write personal essays for their college applications, I regularly advise them to answer prompts fully, stick ...

As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen ...

Patricia Foster writes what is known as the “personal essay.” And they are personal, indeed. Her very successful first book, “All the Lost Girls: Confessions of a Southern Daughter,” was followed by ...