All-School Read at VU & MBA

Does anyone in big data track these kinds of things? The highest concentration of Strong Inside readers in any geographical area will have to be the two miles of Nashville’s West End Avenue that connect Vanderbilt University and Montgomery Bell Academy. Over the last week, both MBA and Vanderbilt announced all-school reads – as the school-wide read at MBA (800 boys in grades 7 to 12) and as the “Commons Reading” at Vanderbilt, with all 1,600 incoming freshmen members of the Class of 2020 assigned to read the book before they arrive on campus. It’s a big thrill to have so many students reading about Perry Wallace, and I hope that other high schools and colleges will follow suit! Here’s an article about the Vanderbilt selection.