"If you're a parent, it probably comes as no surprise -- the informal punctuation and spelling teens use while using Instant Messenger or text-messaging is now creeping into their formal academic work. A new report looks for 'the teachable moment' here and tries to figure out how to harness teenage passion for writing outside school hours to improve their in-school experience.

Guests Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Rirchard Sterling, Senior fellow at the College Board, and a Professor in the school of education at the University of California at Berkeley.

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