Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Do American schoolkids need to buckle down or loosen up? It's an old debate in education circles, argued and reargued over everything from how children should learn math to how often — if ever — they ...

WASHINGTON - My most vivid homework assignment memory is the log cabin my fourth-grade daughter made out of Tootsie Rolls. OK, OK, she didn't make the log cabin. All those tears and recriminations and ...