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...University Band, with “pushing us to listen across the group and improvise instead of just playing what’s on the page... [H]e has helped to make our music a lot more exciting to play and fun to hear.” Julie A. Duncan ’09, a pianist-turned-trombonist, had never had any experience with playing Dixieland, jazz, or any type of improvisational music before joining The Charles Riverboat Band. “I always refused to join jazz ensembles, because I was terrified of improv…but the [band...
...move intended to grow market share, but it has since axed from payroll 17,500 employees, including its ousted American CEO, Patricia Russo, in what has turned into a restructuring and cultural nightmare. "There are no bronze medals in the telecom-equipment market," says analyst Duncan Stewart of Toronto-based DSAM Consulting. He says Silicon Valley's Cisco Systems and Sweden's Ericsson have the biggest market share, fattest margins and most cash to see them through this downturn...
...poorest neighborhoods in the country, and the students have after-school programs and Saturday academy and even go to school during Christmas vacation yet remain way behind their suburban counterparts. Most of the parents would rather their kids be street smart than book smart. Arne Duncan cites schools that have longer hours as being more successful, yet there are plenty that aren't. If Duncan wants so badly for poorer kids to improve, let them go to school longer. It's unfair to impose this on everyone, and such a move runs the risk of burning out many kids before...
...aware of the serious threat of swine flu, and we need to close our borders to Mexico immediately and completely until this is resolved," New York Democratic Congressman Eric Massa, a member of the Homeland Security Committee, said earlier this week. Across the aisle, San Diego Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter suggested that all nonessential border traffic be shut down. (See pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
...that on the grounds of fairness and competitiveness, it's high time for national standards in American schools in English and mathematics. It's a compelling argument, and to accompany the story, I wanted to talk to the man who might actually help implement national standards, Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Duncan, a former CEO of Chicago's schools, has a historic opportunity in his new job. He is a reformer by instinct and experience, and he will have more money to spend on education than any other Education Secretary in history. To those who worry that education is expensive, Duncan...