Menlo School in Atherton has selected a new head to replace Norman Colb, who will leave in June after 20 years of leading the private college preparatory academy. Nathaniel “Than” Healy was ...

An overemphasis on college preparation is “extinguishing childhood” for too many of today’s kids, says Norm Colb, who is nearing completion of his second decade as head of Menlo School in Atherton.

Colb said the “subcontracting of parenting” to schools is an honor for the schools, but parenting really needs to happen at home. And substituting television and other media for in-person parental ...