Jardine Elementary School first-grade teacher Daija Coleman points toward the word "thumb" she wrote on the board as her students raise their hands Wednesday. There's a direct frankness to the way ...

Veteran actress and directorPatti Flaherty of Moline picked up a copy of the play "And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson" during a 1989 visit to New York City. But she didn't think about bringing it to ...

There's a direct frankness to the way 6-year-olds see the world that would be easy to mistake for rudeness. But Daija Coleman knows better. On the first day of her first year as a first-grade teacher, ...