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Across the U.S., the arts picture isn't pretty. The American Musical Theater in San Jose, Calif., and the 82-year-old Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul are gone. A $125 million expansion at the St. Louis Art Museum is on ice. The Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra canceled its 2009-10 season, and members of the Honolulu Symphony have gone unpaid. The lobbying group Americans for the Arts estimates that some 10,000 arts-related organizations could close this year...
With his comment that "I learned a lot of calculus, which hasn't proved that useful in my career," Isaacson gets at a key reason our schools aren't succeeding. The question isn't whether we have adequate standards; it's whether the curriculum prepares our students to be successful. What are the skills our young people need to be successful in today's society? Don't they need to know how to communicate, cooperate and problem-solve? Shouldn't they understand what it means to be punctual, responsible, committed and courteous? Shouldn't they have a thorough understanding...
...merely acknowledging the actualities of university study today--notes and exams are taken on computers. Grading and advice to students could easily be done via the Internet, and the cost per student would be reduced dramatically. The social-policy aim is the creation of educated individuals. The technology isn't important. John Leone, SAN DIEGO...
...Provence menu he'd served since 1987 at Monte Carlo's Louis XV was dismissed as beach chow by Parisian epicureans. "Twelve years ago the vegetable was an accessory, like the make-up of a woman," Ducasse says. "There were serious Parisian foodists who told me, 'This Mediterranean cuisine isn't serious. Here we want turbot, we want sauce, we want beef...
...lending at the behest of the government, the private sector looks to be getting squeezed out. Loans to private firms in January totaled $61.7 billion, down $102.5 million from the previous month, even as total lending has swelled, according to the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce. It isn't just financing that is flowing to SOEs. So are revenues from Beijing's infrastructure-heavy stimulus package. State-owned companies maintain a strong presence in construction, the sector that will gain the most from the surge in government spending...