The first boat I ever boarded was a Washington State ferry. I was born in a Seattle hospital, but my parents lived on an island in Puget Sound and had to bring me home by sea. For the next 18 years, I ...

An award-winning app, courtesy of the folks behind Khan Academy, Draw and Tell boasts a whole bunch of digital tools—crayons, paint brushes, stencils stickers and more—that encourage kids to ...