Lucy Calkins giving a lecture at Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram, on October 31, 2026. Photo credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Columbia University professor Lucy Calkins is a renowned educationist who created the reading and writing curriculum Units of Study, which is used in thousands of schools in the United States. In this interview, Dr. Calkins explains why developing deep reading and writing skills in children is more important than ever in an era when AI can generate text in seconds.
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Published – November 11, 2026 08:30 am IST
