Back-to-school season in the U.S. involves a number of fun rituals, like shopping for classroom supplies, picking out a special first-day outfit and taking photos with a personalized sign. On the ...

Child labor sounds as if it belongs to a long-ago era, but for 138 million children it is a daily routine. "These are children who work under the hot sun in farms, tending crops when they should be in ...

Should kids be able to skip the last day — or the entire last week — of school? “I let them decide if they want to go to school on those last days,” Patricia Horton, a mother in Florida, tells ...