March 10, 2006

A Nevada County Shows That Schools and Colleges Can Work Together

By JENNIFER JACOBSON

Educators ended the blame game and identified what students need to succeed

You'd expect to see a college basketball coach on television plugging a local car dealership, not an academic subject like math.

So when Mark Fox, the men's coach at the University of Nevada at Reno, went on the air to encourage kids to stick with mathematics, people noticed.

The public-service announcement has been airing in the Washoe County area since November. "Everything has a progression to

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