The Week contest — Baby school

Last week's question: A new private school for kids under 2 opened in an affluent Manhattan neighborhood, promising to teach such skills as "napping" and "self-feeding," for an annual tuition of $33,490. For that price, what else would you expect the school to teach infants?

RESULTS:

THE WINNER: How to gain really early admission to an Ivy League school

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