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Звонок из кабинета директора Lincoln High School, как это часто бывает, раздался неожиданно. Друзья Седрика Аргуеты шутили, что, наверное, у парня возникли проблемы в школе. Седрик так не думал и, как потом выяснилось, был прав. Оказалось, что Седрик, сын сальвадорского работника сферы обслуживания и медсестры-филиппинки, занял первое место на престижном экзамене Advanced Placement ...

Microsoft has used its blog to announce an expanded version of the computer game "Minecraft" to help promote learning in the classroom. More than 7,000 classrooms in 40 countries around the world are already using the popular building video game "Minecraft" to help children learn social skills, problem solving skills, ...

A school bus dropped off a kindergartner at a Bronx street corner earlier than normal Monday, leaving him alone to wander in the cold with no guardian in sight until a stranger found him and brought him home, his furious parents told NBC 4 New York. The parents said they ...

This Florida man lives with dozens of roommates — many of which can kill a person with a single bite. But not Albert Killian — who keeps 60 venomous snakes in his house, and said getting bitten over 100 times has helped him develop a life-saving tolerance. “I’ve taken mamba ...

Большинство русскоязычных иммигрантов, переехавших жить в США, не знают английский в совершенстве. Поэтому одной из основных забот для них нередко становится извечный вопрос: где и как выучить язык. Зачем он нужен в США понятно каждому – без него не получиться устроиться на хорошую работу, свободно перемещаться по городу, заниматься покупками и т.д. Даже ...

The city’s $23 million plan to boost arts instruction has introduced about 22,000 public school kids to subjects like music, dance and visual art since 2014, a report released Wednesday shows. The Education Department’s report also says the school system has added arts teachers to 113 middle and high schools ...

The number of death sentences imposed in U.S. courts have dropped precipitously this year, representing the leading edge of a continuing decline in capital punishment nationwide. Only 49 death sentences have been handed down, a 33% drop from the 73 imposed in 2014. Only 28 prisoners were executed, the fewest since 1991 -- ...

Santa Claus is banned. The Pledge of Allegiance is no longer recited. “Harvest festival” has replaced Thanksgiving, and “winter celebrations” substitute for Christmas parties. New principal Eujin Jaela Kim has given PS 169 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a politically correct scrub-down, to the dismay of teachers and parents. “We definitely ...

As more states allow for the use of medical marijuana, the University of Vermont is offering a course in the science of the drug— and the professors say they are challenged by a lack of research on what has long been a taboo topic. Twenty three-states, including Vermont, allow the ...

Shop enough yard sales and garage sales and school sales and bits 'n bobs sales and you're bound to find a really nifty lamp and a painting or two that you really love. Shop a famous hotel's liquidation sale, though, and you just might come across the lamp that stood ...

Metal detectors — standard issue in many city schools — may be on their way out. The city is moving to reduce the use of the detectors in some schools with the start of the next school year, education department officials and principals told the Daily News. While roughly 300 ...

Проведя 16 лет за решеткой, Луис Варгас (46 лет) наконец смог вернуть себе доброе имя, после обвинений в серии изнасилований. Благодаря найденным ДНК-доказательствам удалось выяснить, что приписывавшиеся ему преступления были делом рук совершенно другого человека, известного под именем «насильник со слезой». Этот преступник подозревается в примерно 30 нападениях в Лос-Анджелесе с ...