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Nigerian School Smashes World Speech Record With 480-Hour Marathon

A Lagos academy held the floor non-stop for 20 days, crushing a 2018 record by nearly four times and putting Nigerian oratory in the Guinness book.

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Bend, Oregon Opens Its Largest Library Ever After a Decade of Planning

The new 100,000-square-foot Central Library in Bend, Oregon opened to the public on May 11 with a makerspace, coffee bar, expanded children's area, and the largest collection in Deschutes County.

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Costa Rica Becomes 4th Happiest Country on Earth

The 2026 World Happiness Report marks the highest-ever ranking for a Latin American nation, with Costa Rica jumping to No. 4 behind Finland, Iceland, and Denmark.

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How a Radical 1970s School in Cambridge Changed the Lives of Hundreds of At-Risk Teens

The Group School, a freewheeling experiment in democratic education, gave over 600 working-class teenagers a second chance — and its lessons still resonate today.

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95% of the World's Youth Can Now Read — A Historic First

UNESCO confirms global youth literacy has reached an all-time high of 95%, driven by decades of education investment and mobile learning.