If it were up to kids, their nightly homework assignments would consist of watching television, listening to music, talking on the phone and surfing the Net. That last activity can be turned to good ...

Most parents have been there. It is 7 p.m., the kitchen table is covered in worksheets, and what should have been a 20 m ...

“The temptation to cheat was suddenly just two clicks away.” Those are the words of Geoffrey Fowler, technology columnist at the Washington Post. He was writing about Google’s introduction of ...

Try as I might, I can no longer avoid the frequent mailings containing lists of school supplies, class schedules, teacher assignments, requests for parent volunteers and dozens of other papers I don’t ...