Looking for ideas to keep the kids busy during the upcoming spring break? Here are just a few things they, or even the whole family, can do ...

Hutchens’ childhood was when her mom let her ride her bike to the Naper Blvd. Library all by herself at age 9. “I have such a special place in my ...

Some children may engage in aggressive behavior, which experts say is simply a byproduct of the environment in which they were raised. However, it does not exempt them from the consequences of their ...

Testing for younger kids is less common, so the NWEA report offers insights into the depth of the academic disruption. It’s based on assessments given to students in the 2024-25 school year.

For 47 years, my family built an identity against the permanence of the Islamic Republic. On Feb. 28, that ended. The feeling ...

Homeschools are and should be different from public schools. In a free society, there should be many kinds of schools that reflect different philosophies of education.

Some people now have an A.I. bestie. Some have a husband. Some have three. Adrianne Brookins is, by her own account, an “old ...

Missiles are falling across the Middle East, where millions of people are fasting. I’ve been thinking about that incongruity.

With spring around the corner, Maryland naturalist Carl R. Gold lays out some of the plants — some edible, some poisonous — that you’ll soon see sprouting up.

Today, Sara Nicholson reads a poem by John Clare, titled “I Am!” One of the best-known working class poets in the Romantic period, Clare penned some of his work, including today’s poem, while confined ...

It’s all about being faithful. You do what you can, and what you should, even if the results are out of your hands. Of course ...

I don't know how many newspaper columns I've written. I'd guess well over a thousand. Probably more, but we'll call it a thousand.