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Monday, October 17, 2011

More than 100 cities, counties agree to push early literacy - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

More than 100 cities, counties agree to push early literacy - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

More than 100 cities, counties agree to push early literacy

Washington D.C., Baltimore and five communities in Virginia are among the more than 150 cities and counties across the country that are pledging to concentrate on early literacy efforts to ensure that children can read by the end of third grade.

The Campaign for Grade Level Reading is a collaborative effort by dozens of funders to make sure that all children, especially those from low-income families who often enter kindergarten already behind, learn to read.Signing onto the campaign are big cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Atlanta, and the entire state of Arizona.

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The Economist ranks business schools worldwide

For all of the angst out there about the growing international competition to U.S. higher education, you may be surprised to learn that in The Economist magazine’s new rankings of full-time business schools worldwide, institutions in the United States do mighty well.

How well? Well, seven out of the top 10 schools are American and 20 of the top 30 are American.

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