Welcome to Hope House, a model of fostering children and teens developed by the Chicago-based nonprofit One Hope United. The premise: A stable household with a built-in support team to help those in ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking ...

He doesn’t want to forget that period in his life. The positive attitude that drove him a decade ago is still a big part of ...

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time ...

For 50-plus years, students in grades 4, 8, and 12 have taken national standardized tests that assess reading and math ...