But the second part of the book goes on to compare the educational institutions of the Chinese, Islamic and European traditions in the seventeenth century.

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Alan Hill, one of the ten people profiled in the book, had a long career in educational technology, including a stint working at Apple in Cupertino, CA. He is now retired and is a full-time investor .

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Rikin Gandhi, another researcher, has been experimenting with a combination of mobile phones and educational comic books that would allow users to get voice annotations to a book by pressing key combinations into a phone.

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World Book Day is an international day to encourage reading, promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

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In its just-released book, The Best 296 Business Schools, the New York-based test prep and educational services company dubs Stanford the top school in a career rating that takes into account statistical information supplied by the schools and surveys it collected from 19, 000 students who attend the schools listed in its book.

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Poet Anne Cluysenaar, who has wrtten a book of poems inspired by Wallace, would like to see his birthplace bought and used for educational purposes.

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The article said he supported efforts "to combat prejudice and racism today" by the Holocaust Educational Trust and had honoured "those who were persecuted and killed during the Holocaust" by signing "a book of commitment".

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The web page indicated that the MP supported efforts "to combat prejudice and racism today" by the Holocaust Educational Trust and had honoured "those who were persecuted and killed during the Holocaust" by signing a "Book of Commitment".

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