On a scale of one to 10, the education of the nation's English learners is "below five, " said Gary Cook, a specialist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.

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Author, journalist, and Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick greeted a crowd that included tech thought leaders Esther Dyson, Gary Hamel, and Scott Cook, and social media entrepreneurs Jack Dorsey (Twitter) and Laurel Touby (Media Bistro).

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