It highlights a deeper issue: the culture around education has changed, increasingly taking away the joy and meaning that ...

Syer, 81, of Davis, began learning to draw in online classes with art teacher Caroline Mustard as a COVID-era distraction, an antidote to the isolation and loneliness of the lockdowns.

"As we return to classrooms this fall, let's recall the intrinsic value of thinking. Authentic and humane education should stimulate the human spirit." ...