Dear John: What can you tell me about the clock in the attached pictures? The clock was in my rural Ohio schoolroom back in the 1940s. The label on the back indicates it was manufactured by Waterbury ...

As a kid, there was nothing good about classroom clocks. They either reminded you that you weren’t escaping anytime soon, that time was running out to finish that chapter test, or it would slow down ...

Watching presidential candidates struggling to squeeze their debate statements into 30- or 60-second bites reminds me they are just like kids in class. Timers are becoming key to school instruction, ...

At this year's recent New York International Gift Fair, it wasn't hard to keep track of the time. There were interesting clocks on every aisle: digital and analog, with hands formed out of slivers of ...

Claim: Students who throughout the semester have advanced the classroom clock by throwing erasers at it inspire their professor to do the same thing during their final exam. According to the ...