There is a promising piece of news out of Washington this month: when it comes to funding for music, the Obama Administration is singing a refreshingly new tune.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior has just approved a bill that sets the annual budgets for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment [...]
Read more >>>With the high cost of fuel these days, many students are forgoing enrolling at traditional colleges and universities and opting for another way to earn their degrees: online. According to an article in The New York Times, thousands of students have decided to cut costs caused by rising gas prices by taking one or more [...]
Read more >>>From TEDTalks:
Ben Dunlap shares the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian man he met at Wofford College. Listen as he weaves the tale of Mr. Teszler’s life, arching from the Holocaust to the South in the 50’s…it is a wonderful tale of passion, and justice, and living your life.
About Mr. Dunlap:
Ben Dunlap was a dancer [...]
An article published recently in the Wall Street Journal uncovers a mystery: Finnish students score “extraordinarily high” on an international test and are among the smartest in the world. This mystery has American educators taking note, and attempting to figure out what Finnish educators are doing and how to adapt.
The international tests, known as the [...]
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