Berklee music school reaches out to Latin America

Mariachi music has been Adrian Longoria's passion since he was a child. The Houston-born 21-year-old has performed for packed wedding receptions, private business parties and in dark corners of Mexican restaurants. Read more ...

The long road back

The English High School, a historic icon and once one of Boston's premier learning institutions, has become one of the city's worst schools. This year, it must improve or face closure. This story is the first of several about the students, teachers, and headmaster at English as they try to reverse the school's troubled course. Read more ...

WorldWideScience

Science students and instructors will want to put this web address in their bookmarks because WWS provides a federated search of science sites around the world. By combining WWS with Scirus--plus a discipline-specific search and a general search in Google--a searcher will have made a serious first-pass at finding information. ____JH (Via the Development Gateway's E-Learning distribution.)

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"WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Subsequent versions of WorldWideScience.org will offer access to additional sources as well as enhanced features"

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Idaho State University Rupp debate team ranked 18th in nation

Idaho State University Rupp debate team ranked 18th in nation
The season's first Cross Examine Debate Association/National Debate Tournament coach's poll is out and Idaho State University's James M. and Sharon E. Rupp debate team is ranked 18th in the nation. The team started the season several weeks ago with strong showings at its first two tournaments. "We're excited about the coaches' poll," said Sarah Partlow ...