Vanda Terrell is still getting used to saying it. "Let's open our Bibles," the veteran Plano ISD teacher tells students daily at two public high schools in the district. And it's legal for her to do it. A ...

Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa. Mr. Alexander, 19, needed help to break an addiction he calls...

In the small trailer her family rented over the summer, 9-year-old Charity Crowell picked out the green and purple outfit she would wear on the first day of school. She vowed to try harder and bring her grad...

This August, the teenage unemployment rate — that is, the percentage of teenagers who wanted a job who could not find one — was 25.5 percent, its highest level since the government began keeping...

Feeding 30 million schoolchildren is a difficult task. As a result, many of today's school cafeterias offerings end up as appealing as a tray of lukewarm airplane food. And if there's one point of agreement...

Boys are up to three times more likely to be treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as girls; and the prescription of antipsychotic drugs to children — mostly boys — has gone up ...

Children who watched the tragedy unfold are now on the brink of adulthood.Generation 9/11...

Being a "team player" in school is a fraught experience, particularly for young athletes. Now, imagine if Coach has more than your child's team spirit in mind. What if Coach wanted your child to know God? No...

Youth Specialties Creative Bible Lessons in Essential TheologyBy Andrew HedgesZondervan, 2009, 176 pp., $14.99zondervan.com"Many of the not-so-wise choices students make are the result of a confused worldview t...

In case you have been on a remote desert island for the past few months, we will inform you that this week NBC starts broadcasting Jay Leno's new prime time. One NBC executive says this is "a transformational m...