Marcel Proust wrote: “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” What a beautiful sentiment, and powerfully true. Everyone needs ...

As part of Education Week’s new project, The State of Teaching, educators from around the country share the most rewarding and challenging parts of their lives as teachers. Kiminaq Maddy ...

Friendship Aspire Academy has opened what officials hope is a year-round water safety program for its elementary students. About a dozen kindergartners through third graders took swimming lessons at ...

High school is a fast-paced, shifting social landscape where old friends can drift away and social status takes on greater importance. This is also a time when many kids shift their primary friendship ...

Being a kid is tough. Feeling like you don’t belong or that you’re different from the rest makes it even tougher. This is true for all kids, but for a child with a disability, the feeling can be ...

In my work with emerging adults, it isn’t uncommon to have 18- to 22-year-olds tell me that their parent (often their mother) is their closest confidante and one of the few people they trust. It’s ...