In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about...

In 2004, the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, a San Francisco think tank, launched an effort to address "anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism" in American education, from K-12 to higher education. Its b...

When Donna Campiglia learned recently that a genetic test might be able to determine which sports suit the talents of her 2 ½-year-old son, Noah, she instantly said, Where can I get it and how much does it...

Once a month, 7-year-old Damaris Nova writes an invitation to her father, sometimes drawing a picture of them together or attaching a snapshot. "We hope you can join us," she wrote this month before slipping i...

In a season that inspires earnest letters about toys, one notable batch is being sent not by kids to Santa's workshop but by parents to the executive suites of real-world toy makers. The message: Please, in th...

Won't kiss on the first date? How about waiting until marriage? Chicagoans Melody LaLuz and Claudaniel Fabien shared their first kiss Saturday at the altar. The two teach abstinence at the city's public school...

It's game over for the American consumer. Inflation-adjusted personal consumption expenditures are on track for rare back-to-back quarterly declines in the second half of 2008 at a 3.5 percent average annual ra...

Children's books about divorce--which are unanimously dedicated to bucking up those unfortunate little nippers whose families have gone belly-up--ask a lot of their authors. Their very premise, however laudable...

Dr. Gary Nelson, the author of 'A Relentless Hope,' discusses depression in teens. ...

Mall patrons find the laugh's on them when guy asks girl to marry him. ...