Parenting & Education

Once again ADHD is in the news. At the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition this weekend in Boston,...

China’s education performance – at least in cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong – seems to be as spectacular as the country’s ...

Recently, yet another parent discussed with me the possibility of medicating her child for ADHD. As an educator, I continually f...

My wife and I have two sons and a daughter. We raised Dan, Brian, and Erin during the era when most believed any differences bet...

Take two kids, one from a low-income family, the other middle class. Let them run around and do little-kid things in their respe...

Dear Editor,

Re. ‘Drill and kill’ no way to teach math in 2011 (Sept. 22). It is extremely disturbing to see the negative te...