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Day Five of the 2008 Education Olympics

Oh world, beware ye Finland's wrath! For fearless are their bosoms when A PISA test stands in their path In reading, science, or in math. Though sharpened are their Number Twos, Still sharper are their well-trained minds; Their foes they flummox and confuse As Ed Olympics gold accrues!

The Education Olympics fan club grows

A Gadfly to remember

What a refreshing Gadfly is on offer this lovely August week.

More bad news for Catholic schools

"Slump Squeezes Enrollment at Private Schools"

And more bad news for Reading First

"Studies of Popular Reading Texts Don't Make Grade"

Stern to Bloomberg: Read it or weep

The insatiable Sol Stern is back with another broadside on the Bloomberg/Klein administration. This time he takes the Gotham group to task for poor decisions and faulty leadership on reading.