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How to pick a piano teacher: with public schools slashing their art and music budgets left and right, you don't need to be a homeschooler to find this
"Why is she playing that same piece again? Isn't she making any progress with this teacher?" Linda, mother of four homeschooled children, thinks as she heard her six-year-old Kari plunking away at...(Continue Reading) Building unity: At only 34, the School District Board's new leader inherits crowded schools, a tight budget and the body's history of fractiousness - People
Building unity: At only 34, the School District Board's new leader inherits crowded schools, a tight budget and the body's history of fractiousness. (People).(Los ......(Continue Reading)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)Religion and Education: Walking the Line in Public Schools
World events, increasing diversity in the classroom, and headlines about the latest court cases all ensure that religion will remain a sensitive and sometimes ......(Continue Reading)Best 100 communities for music education - Association News
Persevering in the face of widespread budget cuts, 100 communities in thirty states have been named the Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America for 2003. It is based on a nationwide sur...(Continue Reading)
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