When I first asked him how he felt about this comparison, Mr. Hart was confused. “Why me?” he said with a shrug. Only a couple of days...

I am a bit apprehensive as I settle into the chair on the opposite side of the desk from our new principal, Bennett Lieberman. After all,...

Here’s how it goes: A boy who grows up on dirt floors deep in the Alborz Mountains learns to read from a scrap of newspaper. Eventually,...