The annual free reading featuring about 100 readers begins today at noon and ends on Sunday morning.
The fund continues to grow thanks to the generosity of many members of PEN and other friends, and with the proceeds from annual readings.
The list of most-improved schools is based on the annual reading and math exams, given in the fourth and eighth grades.
These criteria would include traditional measures, including grades and scores on annual standardized reading and math tests.
Readings The main focus of the festival is its annual public readings.
In addition, most students who do not speak English are exempt from the annual reading and math tests that trigger the new policy.
All citizens could attend the town hall Thomas Fair Day 21 December to hear the annual reading of the privilege.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has imposed controversial new promotion rules for third graders that are tied to the annual reading and mathematics exams.
Peter Walker, the landscape architect, imagines this as a setting for the annual reading of the names of the dead on Sept. 11.
July 4: second annual reading of the Declaration of Independence.