[ad_1] LONDON—U.S. Army recruiting is adding about 20 percent more new soldiers than last year, the commander of the Army’s Recruiting Command said Friday, although it is still likely to fall short of its goal for the fiscal year.  The Army is “doing a lot better,” said Maj. Gen. Johnny Davis at the DSEI arms ...

[ad_1] Since the pandemic, mental health strains on youth have been put in the spotlight. Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. The time away from physical classrooms gave ...

[ad_1] As college classes start up this fall, instructors are handing out syllabi and pointing students to official platforms for turning in assignments and participating in class discussions. Meanwhile students are setting up unofficial online channels of their own, where they can ask questions of classmates, gripe about the professor and sometimes share homework and ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: I have had a wonderful relationship with my only grandson for nine years. Since I retired, he visits every other weekend, which makes me so happy. He has autism and didn’t speak for the first six years, but now he talks constantly. It’s wonderful. I’m very close to my son as well. ...

[ad_1] El Segundo, California, faces Curacao, in the 2023 Little League World Series Championship game on Sunday, August 27, 2023 (8/27/23) at the Little League World Series Complex. How to watch: Fans can watch the U.S. Championship online for free via a trial of Fubo TV. Fubo TV carries ESPN. Fans can watch the game ...

[ad_1] The Navy’s top research organization  is “dedicated” to making it easier for small businesses to get contracts, the chief of naval research said Thursday. And, he said, if the process is “artificially hard,” companies should call him out on it.   “We have really, really worked hard to lower the barrier of entry and make ...

[ad_1] The United States will train Ukrainian pilots and maintainers to operate F-16 fighter jets, the Pentagon announced Thursday. “We’re going to do everything we can to ensure that those pilots have the training and the knowledge necessary to be able to effectively employ this very sophisticated combat weapon,” Pentagon Spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. ...

[ad_1] Camika Royal knows the Philadelphia school system, and not just because she was a student there in her childhood. For her doctoral research at Temple University, Royal dug into the turbulent history of school reform in the city from the 1960s up to now, including reading through the minutes of every school board meeting ...