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| | Education Week: Mass. District Envisions Money in Foreign Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | The district’s school board has given the superintendent approval to study the feasibility of the idea and add a staff member to coordinate such efforts, said board member Jeff Thielman. |
 | | Levenson, along with a contingent of students and teachers, is planning a trip to Nagaokakyo, a city near Kyoto, Japan, to build ties with community and school leaders—and recruit. |
 | | The primary goal is to cultivate understanding of foreign cultures among the district’s 4,500 students, which will in turn help them compete in the global economy, the superintendent said. |
| www.edweek.org /ew/articles/2006/02/01/21exchange.h25.html (796 words) |
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