Go Your Own Way

The Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts recalls his adventurous youth in the pages of favorite books.

by Dana Gioia

What are all those teenagers doing in the back of Stanford s RV?

by Sheila Himmel

Here for almost 30 years.

by Christine Foster

Who is right about education reform? Two views on No Child Left Behind.

A veteran youth coach says a winning record has nothing to do with scores.

by Brian Doyle

Through her sorrow, a grandmother learns how a child with special needs is also a special gift.

by Nancy Meyer

An award-winning poet celebrates the wonder of everyday discovery.

by Eavan Boland

Six faculty experts weigh in on aimless adolescents, media messages, and why raising kids really does take a village.

The first words on the first page of Stanford's history are owed to a child. When Leland Stanford Jr. died at age 15, his heartbroken parents declared that henceforth "the children of California shall be our children."