If You Want to Weep Over Numbers, Look to Boys
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If You Want to Weep Over Numbers, Look to Boys

By Richard Whitmire — September 17, 2010 1 min read
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Richard Whitmire
Richard Whitmire was a former editorial writer at USA Today and past board president of the National Education Writers Association, and a frequent opinion commentator on national education issues.

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