Reading and ‘rithmetic are still the superstars in education these days. Under federal law, just about every public school third- through eighth-grader in America will be tested in those two areas, starting next year. But writing also is on the front burner again in American education. Anyone who thought a few years ago that television and technology would be the death knell of the written word, especially among kids, was unduly alarmed.
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