I recently attended a kindergarten orientation meeting, where—to my relief—the principal said there are only two things parents need to do to get a kid ready for school: 1) Keep reading to your kid. 2 ...

— -- Perhaps the toughest thing about entering kindergarten is learning how to hold that darned pencil. On Thursday, Dixon Ticonderoga, the nation's biggest pencil maker, will unveil a pencil ...

Arthrogryposis, a congenital condition that contracts joints and weakens muscles, makes it hard to make a pencil dance across paper. But a custom-designed gripping tool that seventh- and eighth-grade ...