The Tribune reports that Illinois schools have eliminated state-mandated writing tests (registration required). The change means that schools will probably focus more attention on reading and less on writing. That’s fine with Geektastic–we are hoping the change will prevent any more writerly Illinoisans from starting up Chicago-themed blogs.
For what it’s worth, we thought about writing this entry in classic five-paragraph essay form, just to prove that our writing instruction in school was worthwile. But then we remembered that five paragraphs is almost an ENTIRE printed page, and we gave up. Oh well.
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