StrumSchool.com Launches a Free Video Guitar Lesson Website for Beginners
StrumSchool.com, a free web-based service that uses a curriculum of instructional videos, downloadable documents and a dash of personal attention to teach aspiring musicians how to play the guitar, has announced its beta launch.
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Discussion: Was Deasy Right to Ban LAUSD Substitute No. 970595 from Teaching?
What does it tell us about LAUSD when Superintendent John Deasy blows his top at a teacher in front of a classroom of 12th-graders? By Ajay Singh LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy speaking at Occidental College in October 2011.
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Teaching software flooding into New Jersey classrooms
The students work independently most of the time without a teacher's help. Linda Smolinski has been teaching for 32 years. This year her students are Mexican immigrants and Haitian earthquake refugees. At first she was skeptical about using technology.
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