January 2010
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State of the Union 2010 & GOP Response: Education
I just wanted to archive the text dealing with education for my own personal purposes; hopefully others may find this useful. The following makes me very optimistic, which exactly how I want to feel regarding the future of the United States. I also want the government to back up these ideas with actual concrete change and positive growth, of course, so we’ll see what happens.
Now, this...
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“ “The arts teach children to exercise that most exquisite of capacities, the...”
– Elliot W. Eisner http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3789/ (via stopdrop)
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It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got...
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U.S. Schools More Segregated Today Than in the... →
An interesting look at how even though schools are no longer segregated by law, due to residential segregation, schools inadvertently become segregated. It’s also interesting to note that:
— “Eighty-five percent of the nation’s teachers are white, and little progress is being made towards diversifying the nation’s teaching force.” I can only hypothesize how...
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Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left →
There are some really interesting things pointed out in this research. Here are the key points I took from the NYT’s summary:
There is some sort of typecasting going on with the profession. The societal image of a professor is someone with a liberal bias, so it’s almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you think about whether or not you don’t fit the typecasting and make...
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UK survey: Young people and writing
marcusod:
Young people’s writing: Attitudes, behaviour and the role of technology Christina Clark and George Dugdale
From the Executive Summary:
3001 pupils aged 9-16 from England and Scotland completed an online survey in May 2009. There was an almost equal gender split, with 48.6% of boys and 51.4% of girls taking part. The percentage of pupils who receive free school meals...
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“Shocking inferences of teen rebelliousness and even disregard for their own...”
– There are a few interesting psychological inferences that can be made from this study. I suggest clicking through to the source in order to read more about how teens were found to be much more likely to listen to music loudly in order to ignore their environment and disobey authority figures.
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French onion soup on the grill/in the oven
Warning: This post has nothing to do with music or education.
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Today my mom decided to cook me french onion soup in the oven. This was experimental; she’s previously only done it before on the grill.
Apparently all you need is: —3 sheets of foil —An onion, peeled —1 tablespoon of butter, cut into pieces —2 bouillon cubes —1/2 teaspoon of sherry...
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Performers as role models
I’ve been planning this post for a really long time, ever since the Adam Lambert episode at the AMAs. John’s blog post about the same topic in sports just made me want to blog about it even more… and then I got caught up in finals stuff.
Basically, my thoughts on the general issue mostly center around one main point: while musical artists and performers may not want to be looked...
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Time's All-Time 100 Albums →
While I always enjoy reading lists and seeing whether any of my favorites have ranked, I’m always wondering how they actually go about picking the items on the list. Music lists are also always so inherently subjective, too, seeing as how they’re based on personal preference, and as soon as they’re posted they begin to lose relevancy; new stuff is always coming out, after all.
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