US Has a Teacher Shortage

Surrounded by kindergarteners, Lana Scott held up a card with upper and lower case Ys, dotted with pictures of words that started with that letter: Yo-yo. Yak. Yacht. “What sound does Y make?” Scott asked a boy. Head down, he mumbled: “Yuh.” Instead of moving on, she gave him a […]


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Barney the Purple Dinosaur is Back and has a New Look

Barney is back, and while Mattel has not yet officially confirmed it, we’re guessing he still loves you.   Toy giant Mattel (MAT) announced Monday that Barney, the friendly (and, let’s be honest, cringe-worthy to a large group of Millennials who watched him as pre-schoolers, and to their parents) purple […]


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Chinese Idioms – Useful Chengyu

Chinese Idioms – Useful Chengyu (in Chinese and English) The ability to recite “chengyu”, or Chinese idioms, is often a litmus test in China to show not only your language abilities but even your intellect. Learn all you need to know about Chinese sayings along with 21 useful chengyu that […]


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“Woman” Named 2022’s Word Of The Year

Woman has been named Dictionary.com’s 2022 Word of the Year. Dictionary.com, the leading online and mobile English-language educational resource, made the announcement on Tuesday. The word woman is defined as “an adult female person.” It was selected as the Word of the Year based on search data, language trends and […]


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Schoolboy Gets Highest Possible IQ Score

UK schoolboy gets highest possible IQ score – beating Einstein and Hawking A Leeds schoolboy said he feels “special” after beating geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking in an IQ test. Yusuf Shah, 11, said he hopes to study maths at Oxford or Cambridge after getting 162 in the Mensa […]


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