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The debate intensifies over standards in education Related Links Common Core State Standards Initiative New Evaluations Are Raising the Stakes for Teachers School Daze: Find…Selected Essays in Black History: The Bouquet
The Wife of His Youth The Case of the Negro The Bouquet by Charles W. Chesnutt Mary Myrover's friends were somewhat surprised when she began to teach a colored school. Miss…Khandogya-Upanishad: Fourth Prapathaka, Fourteenth Khanda
1. Then they all said: “Upakosala, this is our knowledge, our friend, and the knowledge of the Self, but the teacher will tell you the way (to another life).” 2. In time his teacher came back, and…Cowell, Henry Dixon
(Encyclopedia) Cowell, Henry DixonCowell, Henry Dixonkouˈəl [key], 1897–1965, American composer and pianist, b. Menlo Park, Calif., largely self-educated, studied musicology in Berlin (1931–32).…Friel, Brian
(Encyclopedia) Friel, BrianFriel, Brianfrēl [key], 1929–2015, Irish playwright, b. Killyglogher, Northern Ireland. Treating themes that enmesh both Irelands, he became the most acclaimed Irish…Mason, Lowell
(Encyclopedia) Mason, Lowell, 1792–1872, American composer and music educator, b. Medfield, Mass. While working as a bank clerk in Savannah, Ga., he helped compile an anthology that was published as…Dutilleux, Henri
(Encyclopedia) Dutilleux, Henri, 1916–2013, French composer, b. Angers; studied (1933–38) Paris Conservatory, received (1938) the Grand Prix de Rome. After serving in World War II, he was a pianist,…Kunitz, Stanley Jasspon
(Encyclopedia) Kunitz, Stanley JassponKunitz, Stanley Jassponky&oomacr;ˈnĭts [key], 1905–2006, American poet, teacher, and editor, b. Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard (B.A., 1926; M.A…Knapp, Seaman Asahel
(Encyclopedia) Knapp, Seaman AsahelKnapp, Seaman Asahelsēˈmən āˈsəhĕlˌ năp [key], 1833–1911, agriculturist and teacher, b. Schroon Lake, N.Y., grad. Union College, Schenectady, 1856. He went to Iowa…Jonathan, Goodluck Ebele
(Encyclopedia) Jonathan, Goodluck Ebele, 1957–, Nigerian politician, president of Nigeria (2010–). An Ijaw from the Niger delta region, he was educated as a zoologist (Ph.D. Univ. of Port Harcourt,…Trending
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