As usual, we have a number of students to congratulate for both local and national honors. Plus, the state board of education released its 2026 Teacher of the Year cohort and Those Who Excel awardees.

Connelly Grelle, a sixth-grade student at Destin Middle School, took first place in the essay contest with her piece titled “Put Your John Hancock on That.” The contest invited students in fifth ...

In response, many teachers and professors are rethinking what types of writing they assign and where writing is produced. Some are requiring students to write by hand during class. Others are leaning ...

Host Maya Denae Taylor sits down with writer and undeclared sophomore Bilqees Gaffar for the debut of The Final Draft podcast. The duo discusses Gaffar’s writing process, published works and what it ...