The new curriculum is grounded in research on how kids best learn to read. But it will take teachers time to learn which ...

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Columnist Ben Hofmeister describes what it's like when an activity that used to be enjoyable becomes a dreaded chore.

I used to hate the word average. Given how I was such a competitive perfectionist as a child, this was not a surprise. You can probably ...