Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Virden stands in a classroom. In front of him are several straitjackets, slung over a row of chairs. “Clearly," he says, his ...

With a magic word and a lot of enthusiasm, an elementary school teacher in East Los Angeles is encouraging good attendance among his students. Oscar Vázquez, a first-grade teacher at KIPP Iluminar, is ...