Syracuse, N.Y. -- Many teachers across Central New York turn to classroom assistants to help them land the educational points of their curriculums. Most of those helpers are human. Some are not. Pets ...

The seven essays in Anne Fadiman’s new collection, “Frog and Other Essays” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) are not all amphibious in theme. While the title essay recalls the so-called life of her family’s ...

Classroom pets can be humane and even educational under certain circumstances. Some animals, like lizards, fish, and hamsters, are better-suited for classrooms than others. Children might develop an ...

Classroom pets once seemed to be a rite of passage. They live in their tank in a classroom filled with children for most of the year. On weekends or holidays, they get to relocate to the home of one ...