Middle schooler Emily Beckman is doing her darndest to bring back old-fashioned snow days to Academy District 20, the Colorado Springs, Colo., school district she attends, which converted four of ...

As temperatures drop, I hope school administrators call for at least one "old-fashioned" snow day this season. I think it's important that kids across the country — including my own two pre ...

By Trudy Madetzke Bob Madetzke grew up on a farm in Moody County, South Dakota, near Jasper, Minnesota. After serving in the Army as a Military Police Officer at Fort Wainwright, in Alaska, he joined ...