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A government team has been sent to assess storm damaged areas in the Eastern Cape.

An academy which opened five months ago has been put into special measures by schools inspectors.

One of the Government's flagship academies has been plunged into chaos as the school was branded a 'failure' by inspectors and its controversial head quit - just five months after opening.

Berlin - Two school pupils, aged 17 and 19, were sent to prison Wednesday in Germany for anti-Muslim attacks on homes. They are a disgrace to our country, said judge Kai Dieckmann as he jailed the younger for 46 months and the older for 56 months a...

The former Yankees manager talks about his old team, A-Rod and why he stands behind everything in his new book.

As president of Brandeis University, Jehuda Reinharz has seen the school's endowment shrink and donations decline. Reinharz discusses the school's decision to close the Rose Art Museum and sell off much of its collection.

Every parent has probably suffered from this type of near catastrophe. My husband and I realized--too late--that we had forgotten to pack toys and books to entertain our older daughter, then about five, during a long drive. Our guilt soon turned to amusement tinged with open admiration. She solved the problem her own way: her feet instantly became two friendly characters cavorting together across her mental stage, with her narrating out loud for our benefit.The drive to play is strong. But who knew that goofing off as children could be so constructive when it comes to establishing the long-term mental health of adults? As Melinda Wenner writes in the cover story, “The Serious Need for Play,” frolicking in unstructured free play (as opposed to planned and rules-based activities such as chess clubs or after-school sports teams) is particularly critical for youngsters. Imaginary play and tumbling around in the sort of mock battles that my parents used to call “roughhousi

A layer of sleet and freezing rain blanketed the Washington area overnight, encasing roads, cars and sidewalks in a sheet of ice and triggering widespread school closings and delays.

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School districts, child care centers and university campuses would receive $150 billion in new federal spending in the economic stimulus package that is scheduled for a vote in Congress on Wednesday.