Columnist Joan Barron writes, “With the new year we have new words to ponder, like 'sportocrat,' and 'fleek.' The German word 'Backpfeitfengesicht' ...

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An eighth-grade history teacher in Dallas, Texas, says only two of her 110 students can read at grade level, a revelation ...

Every summer in Australia, millions of people head to the beach, and every year, thousands are rescued by lifeguards or Surf ...

Two French sailors based on the Pacific island of New Caledonia — one of them a former windsurfing Olympian — have overcome ...

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America’s education system is in historic decline. According to the latest report card on 12th graders, students finishing high school have fewer skills and less knowledge in core academics than ...