Arriving at school one day, a girl pointed to another child and told her mother, “She’s a baby. She doesn’t know how to talk.” The mom,...

Our wonderful elementary and chorus teacher Laura White has just published a sequel to her inspiring children’s book Our Class Needs You...

When the end of the school year rolls around and the spotlight turns to the fifth grade play, we pause the weekly drama classes for the...

Our classrooms are buzzing with the energy of students anticipating end-of-the-year parties as well as the move to a new class or school....

We have to set aside a day every year to thank mothers because they so rarely stop to thank themselves. Whether they become mothers by...

Magda Gerber, human development pioneer and author of Your Confident Baby , first witnessed an adult’s profound respect for a child when...

The fifth grade play this year, based on another original script by Judith Nielsen, depicts a dramatic period in Bay Area history, the...

I was so grateful that a father took time recently to email me about his hope that his daughter wouldn’t be labeled as shy the way he was...

One day I whispered "Do you need help?” to a little girl sitting at a table where people were concentrating, as she seemed frustrated...