President Bush met with Washington State music teacher Andrea Peterson who has been selected as the “National Teacher of the Year:”WASHINGTON — Teaching is a family thing for Andrea Peterson, honored Thursday as the nation’s top teacher. The 33-year-old is a music instructor in Granite Falls, Wash. Her father, Victor Rahn, has been in the [...]

Now here’s a young man who’s actually earned his accolades the good old-fashioned way: he worked for them: Archaeology, emergency preparedness, textiles, personal fitness — this seemingly random list of activities is just the beginning of the things James Calderwood has mastered. Calderwood is a Boy Scout who’s earned every single merit badge available. Twenty-one [...]