PALO ALTO — A 74-year-old Palo Alto man who gave private math lessons to teenagers for years has been arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting at least seven of his students, police said Thursday.

In another "Freakonomics"- style study that turns conventional wisdom about public- versus private-school education on its head, education professors have found that public-school students outperform ...

Four years ago, Arsheen Abbas signed her son up for private after-school math lessons because she felt the Grade 4 subject curriculum was not rigorous enough. The Oakville, Ont., mother enrolled her ...