Quote du Jour: Prime Minister Gordon Brown

from a news teleconference on the Global Campaign for Education Action Week

Education is a moral issue, as well as an economic issue. It is one that transcends political divides... I want to see us become the first generation in history to ensure that every child goes to school, and that we develop the potential of not just some of the world's children, but all the world's children.

Commensurate to our capacity for wonder: Gatsby lives on for new readers.

I don't know if it's the great American novel, but it's certainly one of them, and I don't think it will lose its relevance as long as America remains America, for good or ill.

NYT Education Section: Gatsby’s Green Light Beckons a New Set of Strivers