<p>The article, with a list of 100 larger schools that offer the largest average merit awards, was printed in the paper’s Education Life section today.</p>
<p>A sortable list of more than 600 schools, including many smaller ones, is online. The story is here, with a link to the left to the online database:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/education/edlife/a-rise-in-students-receiving-merit-awards.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/education/edlife/a-rise-in-students-receiving-merit-awards.html</a></p>