When buying school supplies for your kid—perhaps during one of the tax-free weekends happening around the country—know that not all wooden pencils are created equal. Some break constantly ...

Woods is a high school art teacher at Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, ... It's more than she'd like to pay, but her students need these pencils to learn the fine points of shading.

Art & Design. 3D printers ... We prefer this feature because some teachers ask that students arrive at school with sharpened pencils. ... but it feels good and sharpens just fine. Ticonderoga says ...