Despite massive efforts to improve education nationally and cut dropout rates, about 25 percent of U.S. teens drop out before receiving their high school diplomas. That's not to say there haven't been improveme...

A Lesson in Real Beauty from Mirror MirrorGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:In the past 200 years, the story of Snow White has been told many different ...

Are 'Please' and 'Thank you' Vanishing from Culture?Get downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:"May I have a coffee, please? Thank you."According to some etiquet...

Children who understand that failing is part of learning tend to do better in school, according to the American Psychological Association. Researchers apparently pushed study subjects through a variety of tests...

Most parents teach their kids not to steal, but many are encouraging them to swipe. About seven of every 10 children under age 12 who grow up in families that own tablets use them frequently: About 77 percent o...

Project X, a movie about a party that gets outrageously out of hand, apparently has inspired a handful of copycats—with unfortunate results. A man in Houston was killed during a massive party, allegedly i...

Batman has been fighting evil since 1939, but Gotham City is still plagued by supervillains. Down every dark alleyway, it seems, there's a costumed lawbreaker with a psychotic crime theme and a disturbing outlo...

The Texas government is advising college spring breakers to stay away from Mexico, due to increased levels of drug-related violence. "The Mexican government has made great strides battling the cartels, and we c...

While rates of cigarette smoking among teens have dropped drastically during the past several decades, the U.S. Surgeon General's office says that one out of every four high school seniors still smoke. Moreover...

It's become almost cliché to pick on youth for spending too much time with their smartphones and iPads and whatnot; but these days, it's often children chiding adults for their problematic tech habits. "Yo...