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The nation s 9-year-olds are doing better when it comes to reading and math, but the same can t be said about older students.The 2004 National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation s report card, also shows that achievement gaps between white and black and Hispanic students remain, but have narrowed.Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said the results, released Thursday, show that the No Child Left Behind law, President Bush s signature education policy, is helping raise achievement levels. We re focusing on policy and gett
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Sometimes the only thing more awe-inspiring than a city is a massive model of the city, rendered down to the finest detail. Here are some of the most obsessively-rendered models of cities that you ;ll ever see. And of course, they ;re to scale. Which is itself amazing. A 1940 model of the City of Los Angeles, California via Lo
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stanley botella ll with working trains, streetcards an inclines via Cincinnati Museum Center The 1:500 scale 1,550 square feet or 144 square meter planning model of Moscow, constructed between 1963 and 1968, but still updated. Some of the most important buildings are highlighted with dark wood. via Wurlington Bros The Holyland Model of Jerusalem, a 1:50 scale-model of Jerusalem, Israel in the first century, measuring 21,520 square feet 2,000 sqm , designed by Michael Avi Yonah based on historical sources. Since 2006 it stands in the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden at the Israel Museum. via Wikimedia Commons The 400-square-feet 37.2 sqm model of Moscow, built in 1976 by Efim Deshalyt via EnglishRussia and Wurlington Bros A 1:1000 scale model of Old Havana, Cuba, made from cedar wood Habano cigar box
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