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Former Microsoft exec grows global literacy effort
This morning, 250 million children around the world didn't go to school. And that's something that must change says ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Father matters
“I want my daughter to attend school but her father has to agree’, is a common reaction in most mothers that we ...Posted by Dale Penn -
India to launch credit crunch £7 laptop, world's cheapest computer
The credit crunch computer is set to arrive tomorrow in India when officials unveil the 500 rupee (£7.25) laptop. ...Posted by Kristin Gorski
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Reaching young minds
Greg Mortenson has spoken to thousands of U.S. university and high school students about his bestselling “Three ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Rural teachers ford the educational gap
Many young teachers dream of spacious schools with modern equipment, but after graduating university, Hoang Thi ...Posted by Kristin Gorski
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'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'
Italian novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco, who is curating a new exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, talks to ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Gail Rebuck on adult literacy
Adult literacy is a stubborn, apparently intractable problem that belies simplistic solutions. The government has ...Posted by Kristin Gorski -
Half of us are barely literate and it's getting worse
The most graphic illustration of the failure of the British education system is the vast number of people who, ...Posted by Dale Penn
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Raymond J. Learsy: T.Friedman's Take On 'Wimps" and "The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys"
All this raises a much more fundamental question: Given our current structure of government and the way it ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
The Nut Graph | Scaling the language barrier
The standard of English has deteriorated in Malaysia, over the past decade, while the English language is enjoying ...Posted by Tshiung Han See
