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<br>A couple of years ago I heard someone from the Silicon Valley Education Foundation<br>say that success in 8th-grade Algebra what a strong predictor for who's going to <br>college and who's not--and about half of the kids were not succeeding in Algebra.<br><br>Yesterday I heard San Mateo County officials say that 3rd grade reading level is a <br>strong predictor for who's going to jail and who's not, and that 55% of San Mateo<br>County 3rd graders are not reading at their grade level. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </div></body>
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