A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. Oceanside resident Shawn Goldsmith earned his final badge _ for bugling _ in time for his 18th birthday in November. He far surpassed the 21 badges required to ac

A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. It’s an accomplishment the local arm of the organization calls “an almost unheard-of feat.” Oceanside resident Shawn Goldsmith earned his final badge _ for buglin

Performance-based pay is a road many teachers don’t want to travel. But the newly elected president of one of the country’s largest teachers unions says that in her experience, school-wide bonuses work.

A teachers’ union said it is open to President-elect Barack Obama’s effort to tie pay raises to student performance.

A teachers’ union said it supports President-elect Barack Obama in trying to tie pay raises to student performance.

Robert Karlsson has won the Order of Merit title after closest challenger Lee Westwood failed to catch Soren Kjeldsen at the Volvo Masters.

Padraig Harrington was unable to close the gap in his bid for the Order of Merit on Friday before heavy rain cut short the second round of the Volvo Masters.

U.S. workers can expect skimpy raises in their base salaries next year, but top performers may still fatten their paychecks with merit compensation.