Bloom's Sixth

A session from an education conference I listened in on last week reminded me of the parallels between teaching and editing. That might seem strange, but bear with me. I used to commute on Amtrak between Philadelphia and New York City, where I worked at The New York Times. One afternoon, I sat next to a chatty woman who wanted to know all about my job as an editor. As the train sped through central New Jersey, I explained how editors scrutinize the work of others, raising questions, fixing errors, working out the kinks in articles…