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By Richard Garner, Education Editor   Monday, 1 March 2010  First the good news: boys are reading as much as girls. Now the bad: the books they choose are far less The The The study notes that both sexes tend to choose books that are easier to read once they reach the age of 11 and transfer to secondary school. Compared with a similar study two years ago, the Harry Potter author JK Rowling has 

Jessica Shepherd   The Guardian, Tuesday 23 February 2010  On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12-year-old Abigail Appetey is There are 41 million girls around the world who should be in primary school all week, but aren't, the Department for International Development says. At least 20 million of them are, like Abigail, in sub-Saharan Africa. Here in Asesewa - one of Ghana's poorest Almost 80%