In June, the U.S. Department of Education released its 2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) results.The CRDC is an annual survey of all public…

Have you ever found yourself in a stressful or overwhelming situation where you had to tell yourself to stop and breathe?If so, you've practiced…

America's public schools have reached a milestone.The number of students who identify as minorities outnumbered white students for the first time during…

Who gets to volunteer at your kids’ school? Maybe it’s a question you haven’t thought about much. But when we learned that the guy who shot and killed two…

What was your favorite book as a kid?For me, it was Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends. I’d take it with me to school, to sleepovers, to the park.…

We've already reached the middle of July and this summer seems to be flying by.Many stores already have pens, pencils, and notebooks prominently…

The first three years of a child's life are really important. Every experience and interaction builds connections in the brain that can last a lifetime.…

From kindergarten through high school, I attended schools with pretty racially diverse student populations. I've seen that same diversity reflected in the…

In recent years there's been a lot of talk about homework. Recently, I told you about my daughter's preschool homework load, and research that suggests…

Question: What do Steve Jobs, Whoopi Goldberg, and Steven Spielberg have in common?Answer: Dyslexia.The neurologically based learning disability impacts…