A few of my teacher friends and their families are coming over tomorrow to barbecue, to watch the NCAA tournament games, and to play some games. Then the wives are having a night out while the guys take care of the kids. Should be a blast, especially after we put the little ones to bed [...]

According to a new study in a Washington Post article: At a time when more authors are writing more books for young people, fewer children are reading for pleasure. A recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts showed that the percentage of 13- to 17-year-olds who read daily for fun dropped from 31 percent [...]