Julie Coda Barnes is a 36-year-old mom of three who lives in Vicenza, Italy. She has had children in kindergarten in both Italy and the US. She says she would prefer the Italian school system if she ...

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — It was a cloudy — and eventually rainy — day about six months before they begin playing baseball on base. But that didn’t seem to matter to about 60 American and Italian kids ...