By Alan Scher Zagier - Associated Press
As American teenagers go, Sally Kim is pretty typical. She's crazy about singer Bruno Mars and the Plain White T's rock band, spends way too much time on Facebook and can't wait to start college in the fall. Published April 1, 2012
By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press
Nearly half of first marriages break up within 20 years, a new government study has found. With those odds, one might wonder: Would we be better off living together first? Published March 22, 2012
By Jesse J. Holland - Associated Press
Should babies conceived using the frozen sperm of their deceased father get his Social Security survivor benefits? The Supreme Court grappled with that question Monday in the case of Florida twins whose benefits claim was rejected by the government. Their mother used her husband's frozen sperm to conceive them after his death. Published March 19, 2012
By Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press
Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out of school contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research to be presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington. Published March 19, 2012
By Rebecca Hagelin
Decades ago, when Roe v. Wade was decided, conservatives and many religious folks predicted the country had begun an inevitable slide toward a murderous future: a time when certain people — in addition to unprotected preborn children — would be declared less valuable than others, their killing justified. Published March 11, 2012
By Mike Glover - Associated Press
Lawmakers under pressure from constituents in the months after the Casey Anthony trial have found it's not easy to toughen penalties for parents who don't immediately report missing children. Published February 23, 2012
By Daniel Jackson - The Washington Times
A rising number of Muslim-Americans are embracing home-schooling, shaking off the stigma that taking their children out of the public school system would increase the community's isolation and cultural distance from the American mainstream. Published February 21, 2012
By Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press
Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money? Published February 20, 2012
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
The Republican chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Thursday released the final two pieces of his reform agenda, designed to replace the widely criticized and decade-old No Child Left Behind federal education law. Published February 9, 2012
By Rebecca Hagelin
Over the past few weeks, President Obama has requested a trillion-dollar increase to the debt limit, appointed another liberal to head the Domestic Policy Council, rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline and rallied nearly 200 big-time Hollywood supporters to campaign for him. Published January 22, 2012
By Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press
The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. As a result, many 3- and 4-year-olds aren't going to preschool. Published January 17, 2012
Just how frustrated are American parents with the leftist Kool Aid being passed off as curriculum in our nation's public schools? Published January 10, 2012
There's a radical idea surfacing in the world of psychology, and it may turn out to be a game changer when it comes to parenting in America. Published January 3, 2012
By Rebecca Hagelin
The Christmas season had many examples of Americans' generosity and kindness. But kindness to strangers is the easy part, isn't it? Published January 1, 2012
It's that time again — time to predict trends for the new year. My favorite trends to watch are in an arena that probably shouldn't be trendy at all: parenting. Published December 27, 2011
