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Expat parents can feel overwhelmed when it comes to selecting the best school. Here are a few useful tips on finding the right fit.

Councils will be forced to improve secondary schools if parents are dissatisfiedEvery parent in England will be asked to rate the schools in their area in mass surveys that will be used to force local authorities to overhaul their range of secondaries if parents are not satisfied, the prime minister, Gordon Brown, revealed today.Under the plans, if parents are dissatisfied and too many are missing out on their first choice in the admissions process, councils will be forced to expand the number of places at the most popular schools, open new schools, or change the management of those that are struggling.Brown promised schools a new era of freedom, admitting that the role of central government in the education system in England had become 'overly large' and that good schools should have more autonomy. The current 'multiplicity of targets' that schools have to meet are to be stripped away and replaced with an annual report card, issuing a grade for each institution and details about child

Parents in England could get the power to force councils to improve schools under plans being announced by Gordon Brown.

Many parents worry about what their kids do on the internet, and whether they'll be contacted by criminals who want to exploit them. It turns out that the threat of online predators may be overblown, though parents should still monitor their kids' internet use.

In Mexico and in the U.S., the swine flu outbreak has left many schools temporarily closed and left millions of parents facing the dilemma of what to do with their kids until schools reopen. Two parents, one of whom is also a school principal, talk about keeping kids occupied.

Unbuttoned: Women Open Up About the Pleasures, Pains, and Politics of Breastfeeding, contains revealing essays from 25 moms who talk about their personal breastfeeding experiences. Maureen Connolly, co-editor of the book, is joined by regular parenting contributor Jolene Ivey, who breastfed all five of her children, and Patricia Berry, a mom of three who chose not to, to talk about the pros and cons of breastfeeding.

Boomers sandwiched between growing children and ailing aging parents often worry that the stress from all that caregiving might shave years off their lives. But it turns out that the opposite may be t...

Montgomery County school Superintendent Jerry D. Weast took issue yesterday with the closing of Rockville High School to stem the flu, amid indications that federal officials might revise their recommendations on school shutdowns.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan is a man on a mission: to hear what teachers, students and parents in at least 15 states think about No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush....