Teach children what they need to learn. Don't make them try to figure it out for themselves.

New York City parents have been promised free day care, starting at six weeks. New Mexico just launched its program. Can taxpayers afford it?

Childhood is making a comeback.

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

A new IDEA would focus on student success, and reserve special ed for the truly disabled.

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

"Comprehensive" will mean "completely lousy" in Illinois' new school accountability system.

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

Should we worry that young people are spending less time reading for pleasure and a lot more time watching YouTube videos?

Ninety-one percent of families who used Arkansas' voucher program to pay for private or homeschooling have stayed with the program for the third year.

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

Education reforms are working in the South, and they can work in blue states too, if there's political leadership.

Toddlers (at least some toddlers) can learn to read with help from a parent tutor, says father.

Can you pass Oklahoma's test for new teachers? Yes, unless you're a very dim bulb.

Effort matters.

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

College students want all the comforts of home, including their pets, when they go to college.

Teachers are being encouraged not to report suspected child neglect or abuse -- or chronic absenteeism -- to keep families together.

More children are growing up in stable, two-parent families -- but fewer adults are getting married.

Christian microschools are booming in Arizona, as parents use ESAs to fund the school of their choice. Chandler Fritz taught a summer reading class.