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Class dismissed: laid-off teachers, 40-child classes, axed electives, and pay-to-play sports: is Oregon the future of public education in America?
BOB ALLNUTT greets me at the door of his geometry class at Hillsboro High School, outside Portland, Oregon. "The key move is the sideways step," ......(Continue Reading) Life lessons from long-standing members - Music Teachers National Association's awards banquet
Of the twenty-eight educators who reached a half-century of commitment to MTNA, four present at the Awards Banquet were honored at the 2002 MTNA National ......(Continue Reading)Clem's Cache: last year, the Portland art museum acquired an extensive art collection assembled by the late Clement Greenberg. The public recently got
In 1956, his influence as an art critic still on the rise, Clement Greenberg married writer Janice Van Horne. Although divorced in 1977, the couple remarried 12 years later. Since Greenberg's death...(Continue Reading)VH1 "Save the Music" expands campaign to restore music education in 43 U.S. cities
VH1 "Save the Music" is expanding its 2001 campaign to restore public school music education programs for children in 43 United States cities (up from ......(Continue Reading)A Detrimental education - Letters - Letter to the Editor
John Taylor Gatto's essay ["Against School," September 2003] is a searing diatribe against a public school system bereft of intellectual promise and ......(Continue Reading)
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