“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so today we’re diving into the archives of Care and Feeding to share classic parenting letters with our readers. Have a question for Care and ...

New Indianapolis Colts cornerback Sauce Gardner felt for a poor Jets fan who cried when finding out the news that Gardner had been traded. One of the kids immediately started crying over the Gardner ...

A mom’s hack to stop her preteen from saying “6 7” is going viral on the internet. Threads user @justine_thomas1 wrote in a post: "My 10 year old son: '6. 7.' Me: 'You want to go to bed between 6 and ...

When a new extraction shooter drops, players quickly learn how brutal death can be. Here's how to avoid the sting of losing hours of progress. Tyler is a writer under CNET's home energy and utilities ...

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” author Jeff Kinney has been contemplating mortality. Specifically, Greg Heffley’s. In “Partypooper,” Kinney’s latest “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book (out now from Abrams), ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Middle school students are disrupting classes by shouting “6-7,” a meaningless phrase from a rap song that has ...

CHICAGO — A teacher said tear gas drifted toward a school playground, forcing students and recess indoors. A viral video recorded near another school showed law enforcement dragging a woman out of her ...

A passenger who told a child to "shut up" during a short-haul flight has been backed online. Posting under the handle u/Mytzu to Reddit’s Am I the A**hole (AITA) forum, the 28-year-old man shared what ...