W e are continuing our short and long vowel series with free printable long “U” words worksheets! These long U words ...

These worksheets are a fantastic resource for children because they make learning about the E vowel sounds fun. By ...

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In many English classrooms across America, assignments to read full-length novels are becoming less common. Some teachers ...

Former President Donald Trump is littering his public remarks with fictional stories. This isn’t run-of-the-mill political spin, the kind of statistic-twisting and accomplishment-exaggerating ...

Poe’s The Oval Portrait is one of his shorter stories, but one whose intensity is not limited by length. The short story follows the story of an unnamed and ailing protagonist who is hiking with ...

We pitted an original short story from Curtis that she wrote for The Times against a story created by ChatGPT, both in the genre of a short, lusty, summer beach read. So I see it as a huge unknown ...

Will Boast is the author of a story collection, Power Ballads (Iowa Short Fiction Award, 2011), a memoir, Epilogue (Liveright/Norton and Granta Books, 2015), and a novel, Daphne (Liveright/Norton ...

Consider the plight of the reluctant idealist. Evan Marquez (Brian Jordan Alvarez), the titular character in the new FX comedy “English Teacher,” is an exemplar of the type. Under different ...

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The militant group targeted areas in Israel farther south than most of its previous attacks, reinforcing fears of broader regional conflict. For Middle Eastern Foes, Diplomacy Takes a Back Seat to ...

Alvarez spent his 37th birthday in July promoting "English Teacher," his new FX comedy series (Mondays, 10 EDT/PDT, and streaming next day on Hulu) as Evan Marquez, a gay high school English ...