Last semester, Will Ross, 21, did the unthinkable. He deactivated his Facebook account. His friends began asking what happened to him. "It was as if I'd disappeared or something," he said. But Mr. Ross, a s...
Being taught about famous people and events in Wisconsin history in Spanish is not how some Waunakee parents want their fourth-graders learning social studies at school. "We as parents have been in such an u...
Wilderness places, adventure challenges, and strong relationships are three of the best environments for the unbounded growth of kids, teens, young adults and adults. Lion's Ridge programs creatively draw ...
School districts across the U.S. are trying to improve student performance and low test scores. But few have taken as radical an approach as Adams 50. For starters, when the elementary and middle-school studen...
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's 18-year-old daughter, an unwed mother, says teenagers should avoid having sex. However, Bristol Palin acknowledges that abstinence is "not realistic at all." She commented duri...
Wiley-Blackwell, a major academic press, was set to release its four-volume Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization this month. According to the encyclopedia’s editor, George Thomas Kurian, the set had bee...
Teenagers spend an average of 31 hours a week online and nearly two hours a week looking at pornography, according to a study.They spend some three and a half hours communicating with friends on MSN, and around...
Two Florida high school students on Tuesday sued their school board because they were not allowed to form a club that promotes the tolerance of gays. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed t...
Recently, I was shopping in our local Walmart when I noticed a group of young people hanging out and talking excitedly in the book section of the store. I listened in as they talked about a new Twilight book se...