You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. Today’s number is 2.8, the percent of all venture capital ($3.3 billion worth) invested in U.S. companies with ...

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Teachers who reflect the diversity of their students can significantly increase attendance and participation among those students and can even motivate college applications. But for many Latino ...