Thursday, December 14, 2006

Good news: we're not Stockton


In this morning’s Stockton Record: Stockton ranks dead last in literacy:
You might be the only person reading this story. Or anything else, for that matter.

For the second year in a row, Stockton ranks last in a study of literacy in the nation's largest 70 cities.

Seattle ranks first overall. El Paso, Texas, finished second to last in the study, published this week by Central Connecticut State University.

…"It breaks my heart," said Michelle Lonero, a teacher at Rio Calaveras Elementary School….

…"It is disconcerting," Mayor Ed Chavez said. "There's no way to sugar-coat it."

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