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Taveras would have discussed the $5 million Bloomberg Philanthropies鈥� Mayors Challenge prize awarded to Providence in support of Taveras鈥� initiative to improve the vocabularies of preschool-age children by measuring and rapidly increasing the number of words spoken in their households.
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鈥淲e look forward to seeing you at our final colloquium featuring Pasi Sahlberg, a world-renowned education scholar who helped turn Finland鈥檚 public school system into one of the best in the world.鈥�
Sahlberg鈥檚 colloquium lecture will be held Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Edwards Hall.