Sally Brickell helped her sons Forrest (center) and Bennett Kaplan do their homework in their Newton home last week.
(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
All homework, no play?
Parents, young children are put to the test as schools raise the academic burden in a more competitive world
Sally Brickell helped her sons Forrest (center) and Bennett Kaplan do their homework in their Newton home last week.
(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
It is a pretty cool thing, a kid looking up in the sky each night for the moon. That's what Morgan Walter, 9, has been doing during this month that journeys from summer into autumn, bringing along with it all the thrill and dread of elementary school. (Full article: 1282 words)
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