Wood’s company LeapFrog boomed in popularity with the debut of the LeapPad in 1999. Wood stepped away from the company in 2004. The LeapPad was the best-selling toy of the 2000 holiday season.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A book committee appointed by the Penfield Central School District has made its decision to keep three library books that received objection from parents. “The Rainbow Parade, ...

As a mom who's navigated countless conversations about balancing school curricula with our family's values, I found this Supreme Court "LGBTQ books" schools opt out case particularly significant for ...

RADNOR — The Radnor School Board voted Tuesday night to return three books to a school library that a committee voted to remove earlier this year. The books “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobab; ...

Republicans argued schools are still displaying inappropriate books. Republicans are celebrating a newly passed House bill that they say will take pornographic books off school shelves.

The justices will decide whether the religious liberty clause of the First Amendment requires the state of Oklahoma to fund the nation’s first religious charter school. The central problem is ...

The lawyer for a Maryland school district and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch had a wild exchange this week about a children's book amid an ongoing case brought by parents who want to be ...

The bill would amend existing Florida statutes to require school districts to remove any book deemed "harmful to minors" within five days of a challenge, regardless of whether the material has ...

TALLAHASSEE—According to a new bill approved by the Florida House, school districts can't stop a book containing "materials harmful to minors" from being banned, even if it has scientific or artistic ...

LeapFrog founder Mike Wood was "surrounded by family" when he died Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has previously been published by Just Jared, PopCrush ...

With the influx of cash flow, Wood acquired a company to develop the LeapFrog — an easy-to-use computer that resembled a book, with early ... s success as the LeapPad launched the following ...

With the extra funds, Wood acquired a company that developed the prototype of what became the LeapPad ... programs were in 2,500 schools - and the following year, LeapFrog products were in ...