Thursday, January 8, 2009

Young inventor takes his responsibilities seriously

It doesn't take long to realize Max Wallack isn't a typical 12-year-old. Never mind that he is a high schooler, attending a Marlborough charter school, who hasn't yet hit his teens. Ask the Natick youth what he's done in the past few years and he can tick off a book-length list of achievements - though he offers them only after ... Read more ...

Education cuts would sabotage our future

It shouldn't take much investigation or research for the average American to discover that we are at the beginning of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Colburn Conservatory of Music prepares the orchestras of tomorrow

Colburn Conservatory of Music prepares the orchestras of tomorrow
It's musical learning at the highest level at the downtown Los Angeles school.

"All children, except one, grow up," Linda Brest announces. An oboe student with a streak of pink in her blond hair, she might be verbalizing the innermost thoughts of the peers who sit before her -- some of the nation's finest young musicians on the cusp of their adult careers. Brest is narrating a rehearsal of "Peter Pan," a piece arranged by James Newton Howard. The next day, the Colburn Outreach Orchestra will perform it at Belvedere Elementary School in East L.A.

Jobs top agenda as Missouri lawmakers start 2009

Jobs top agenda as Missouri lawmakers start 2009
Missouri legislators convened their 2009 session Wednesday with an emphasis on job creation in a struggling economy that has created financial concerns not only for individuals but for the state itself.