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Billionaire Warren Buffett: This is the 'one easy way' to increase your worth by 'at least' 50 percent The iconic investor shares his best advice for 20-somethings.

Outstanding New York Times article charting the debate over the use of phonics in teaching kids how to read. Key takeaways: different kids learn in different ways, and educators need to keep abreast of pedagogical research and stay open to new findings.

In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased.