Is it really true that "anyone can homeschool?"

Is there an "epidemic" of severe autism -- or a surge in diagnoses for quirky kids?

Kids are safer outside exploring the world.

"Mindfulness" degrees are popular, despite evidence it makes students calmer but less inclined to think, plan and work.

Australia is trying to kick under-16-year-olds off social media.

The younger children are when they get their first smartphone the higher the risk of depression, obesity and poor sleep habits.

At elite universities, growing numbers of students receive special treatment for ADHD, anxiety, depression and other conditions now considered disabilities.

The world offers "beauty, progress and opportunity," not just "hardship and injustice."

To protect teens from digital addiction, parents must take charge.

Parents need to chill. Let kids try things on their own, make mistakes and learn.

As teachers try to get students to "sit down, focus and learn," researchers priorities are equity, justice and identity.

Schools, colleges (and parents) are teaching kids the habits of anxious, depressed people.

School leaders are rebranding "social-emotional learning" as "character education" or other less controversial names, but teaching the same lessons.

"Kids aren't phone zombies now," says teacher whose school banned smartphones.

Starting school is exciting -- unless parents tell their kids to be stressed.

ChatGPT can be tricked into writing a suicide note, designing a starvation diet for an anorexic or offering advice on how to hide intoxication at school.

Illinois already spends a fortune on mental health services for students, and plans to spend more. It won't help.

It's a free country and you're entitled to your opinion. Bring back resilience, free thought and intellectual humility.

The success of a "community school" is whether it hires staff and offers programs -- not whether extra services lead to student success -- says Chicago's mayor.

Illinois will screen all students for mental health issues, despite evidence that universal programs school-based programs don't improve mental health or academic outcomes.