English-to-English Dictionary
Another new project has hit the airwaves. Introducing the English-to-English Translation Dictionary. (It took about a half an hour to put together and it’s pretty much pointless.)
Public School Teachers Send Their Kids to Private Schools
According to a new study (reported in the Washington Times and elsewhere), public school teachers across the country are twice as likely as other parents to send their own children to private schools. The disparity is greater in cities. In Baltimore, more than one third of public school teachers’ children attend private school. [...]
The Bone Conductor
A wristwatch phone that lets you listen by sticking a finger in your ear, an MP3 player that vibrates the bones in your skull to play music that only you can hear…
Visual Art in Music: Modern Musical Notation
The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Northwestern University have partnered to present Pictures of Music (Flash Player required), an online exhibit covering musical notation in twentieth century compositions with some history of notation thrown in.
The Sound of Silence
The state of Music Education in California public schools is rapidly worsening. Here are the facts: there has been a 50% decline in the percentage of students (representing more than 500,000) involved in music over the past five years; the state lost more than 1000 music teachers; and most importantly, this decrease is disproportionate [...]
Shakespeare Sets Theme of the Weekend
This seems to be a weekend all about Shakespeare. A critic with The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik, writes Will Power (posted online and to appear in print this coming week) about Shakespeare’s importance.