"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.

As Americans lose confidence in public schools, a majority of parents say they'd send their kids to private schools, if they got help paying the cost.

Boys need male mentors, coaches, Scoutmasters, pastors and son to help them grow up to be responsible men.

Bullying is the primary reason parents use choice programs to flee public schools.

Children have more freedom to roam online than to play without supervision in the neighborhood park -- or even their own yards.

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

Public schools don't have a monopoly any more. Parents are using taxpayer-funded school choice to find alternatives.