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Number who have said, “You teach a [Child|child] to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test”

: 1

Number of [Austria|Austrian] [Fascism|skinheads] who have attended [College|college] [Education|classes] this year as an alternative to [Crime|criminal] prosecution

: 33

Amount the head researchers invested in [Russia|Russian] securities during this period, prompting a federal lawsuit

: $1,300,000

Amount the [FederalGovernment|federal government] paid [Harvard|Harvard] researchers in the [1990s|1990s] to help design [Russia|Russian] [Economics|market reforms]

: $40,000,000

Percentage of ninth-grade [Girl|girls] who say this

: 36

Percentage of U.S. [Education|ninth-grade boys] who say we should stop “outsiders” from influencing American traditions and cultures

: 53

Chance that a [Education|sixth- to tenth-grader] reports bullying others

: 1 in 12

Chance that a U.S. [Education|sixth- to tenth-grader] reports being bullied weekly

: 1 in 11

Chance that a [Denver|Denver] [Education|middle-school] [Student|student] was suspended at least once during the [1990s|1999]-2000 school year

: 1 in 4

Number of U.S. [College|college] [Student|students] who were denied federal financial aid last year because of a prior [Drugs|drug] conviction

: 9,605

[Hours|Hours] that [Amherst|Amherst] College agreed to ban [Coffee|coffee] last term as part of a [Student|student’s] [Entertainment|performance] piece about the [Drugs|drug] war

: 24

Endowment a [Tobacco|tobacco] company gave a U.K. [College|university] last year for a “corporate social responsibility” center

: ?3,800,000

Minimum number of [Animal|baboons] forced to smoke [Drugs|crack] in a [1980s|1989] study testing the efficacy of [Vice|cigarettes] as a drug delivery device

: 3

Estimated number of sign-language signs in the vocabulary of Koko, a [SanFrancisco|San Francisco] [Gorilla|gorilla]

: 1,000

Number in which foreign-language classes are required

: 9

Ratio of the average time it takes a [Men|male] [Animal|cardinal] to learn a song to the time it takes a [Women|female]

: 3:1

Number of [USPresident|U.S. presidents] who have held a [Education|Ph.D.]

: 1

Percentage change since [1990s|1999] in U.S. [Business|sales] of hardcover [Literature|books] for adults and [Child|children], respectively

: ???12, +13

Number of U.S. [Education|schools] that use E-rater, a [Technology|software] program that reads and grades [Student|student] essays

: 95

Number of these [Education|schools] that are [College|colleges] or universities

: 9

Percentage change since [1990s|1999] in the number of U.S. [PublicSchools|public schools] that are run by private companies

: +111

Percentage of U.S. [Jobs|employers] who say that a [Education|high-school] graduate “has at least learned the basics”

: 39

Percentage of middle- and high-school [Student|students] who say this

: 77

Ratio of the number of pupils per teacher in [Michigan|Michigan’s] [Education|schools] to the number of inmates per guard in its [Prison|prisons]

: 18:5

Ratio of juveniles to [Policing|police-officer]”instructors” at a [Florida|Florida] sheriff’s 22-hour weekend boot camp

: 5:1

Number of American states that permit [Education|public-school] teachers to inflict corporal punishment on [Student|students]

: 23

Number of U.S. states in which [Biology|biology] [Education|classes] are a high-school graduation requirement

: 8

Number of times the [GeorgeWBush|President] has met with Miss America this year to discuss her interest in “character [Education|education]”

: 2

Minimum number of U.S. [Education|high schools] whose [Student|students] chose a custodian as a graduation speaker last [Spring|spring]

: 2

Prize awarded an [Indiana|Indiana] University senior in [April|April] in a national “messiest college [Housing|apartment]” contest

: $10,000

Amount the Cedar Rapids, [Iowa|Iowa], [Policing|police] began offering [Education|high-school] [Student|students] this year to inform on their classmates

: $50

Maximum fine in 1829 for teaching an [AfricanAmerican|African American] living in [Georgia|Georgia] to read or write

: $500

Percentage of [AfricanAmerican|African-American] [Child|children] in the South attending majority-[Caucasian|white] [Education|schools] in [1970s|1976] and [1990s|1996], respectively

: 38, 35

Chance that an [SeniorCitizen|eighty-year-old] American is [SupernaturalBeing|left-handed]

: 1 in 100

Percentage of Men’s Health readers who say they have learned most of what they know about [Sex|sex] from [Television|television]

: 18

Estimated number of times an adult must taste a disliked [Food|food] before learning to like it

: 10

Price of Bob Dylan’s [Education|high-school] essay on The Grapes of Wrath, from a [NewYorkCity|New York City] collectibles dealer

: $35,000

Number of these countries whose foreign [Finance|debt] exceeds half their [GDP|GDP]

: 8

Minimum number of countries in which at least half the [Child|children] are no longer in [Education|school] by the age of eleven

: 11
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