Common Purpose.

School Administrator | January 1, 1998| | Copyright

In Common Purpose, Lisbeth Schorr provides valuable insights for school leaders by focusing attention on the multifaceted and interdependent social and economic problems that so profoundly influence the educational process and handicap student achievement.

Schorr, a lecturer in social medicine at Harvard University and an authority on disadvantaged children, believes schools must escape from their institutional and cultural isolation and insulation if they hope to serve the third of the nation's preschool-age children growing up in poverty or in economically marginal ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Music man: Classic clavichords crafted in Canton
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA ; ...building harpsichords and clavichords and do-it-yourself kits...days Wolff mainly builds clavichords. There have been years he...large, completely built clavichord can cost $15,000 to...he said. For a time, his clavichords were exact copies of original...
Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes ; Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide. By Joel...and prominent history, the pedal clavichord is little known today. Its existence...direction. In Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide, Speerstra...
De Clavicordio II: Proceedings of the International Clavichord Symposium, Magnano, 21-23 September 1995.
Magazine article from: Notes ; ...integrating the sounds of clavichord, piano, harpsichord...specific historical clavichords. Luigi-Fernando...1781 Egidius Heyne clavichord is described by Bernard...calculating string ganges for clavichords. (This paper excited...preferences for various clavichord makers expressed by...
WOOD INTO MUSIC.(Arts and Literature)(Springfield craftsman builds the early keyboard instrument known as the clavichord)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) ; ...Andrew Lagerquist builds clavichords, a small tabletop...tensioned strings, the clavichord is about as simple...sound board area on the clavichord was huge, and the...by building Swedish clavichords and - to get a more...is one of the best clavichord makers in the world...
Rare clavichord makes history.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ; ...receivers. One instrument, a clavichord that has been sitting in...builder. Tannenberg also made clavichords, the predecessor of the...curator, found a Tannenberg clavichord in Nazareth, Penn., signed...the oldest known American clavichord," Libin said by phone from...
Well-Tempered Clavichord; Karen Hudson-Brown at the Smithsonian
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ; You don't hear a clavichord in concert very often, and pianist...the people seated in back: "The clavichord is a very, very soft instrument...Suite on the Augmented Fourth for Clavichord (1985), you have to make an effort...
Clavichord from centuries ago is the focus of a new study: Aficionados at symposium are drawn to Tannenberg's creation.
Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) ; ...believed to be the only existing clavichord made by the famed organmaker -- and the oldest known American-made clavichord. They listened to the gentle tinkling...keyboard. He presented a paper on the clavichord in Italy last summer. Interest...
Interior with a Woman at the Clavichord (c.1665) ; GREAT WORKS ++ Emanuel de Witte Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ; ...painting Interior with a Woman at the Clavichord could hardly be further from Keats...the nearest room, a woman sits at a clavichord. Music is a classic case of steady...after a while, you do notice the clavichord and its player, and you get an extra...
Harpsichord and Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century.
Magazine article from: Notes ; ...century repertory for harpsichord and clavichord in her comprehensive, international...600 works for harpsichord and 174 for clavichord. This includes 1,450 solo pieces...All these categories apply to the clavichord repertory as well. No string has been...
Piano descended from clavichord, harpsichord
Newspaper article from: The Gazette ; ...the instrument had evolved into a clavichord - metal strings vibrated by the strike...1800s. By the end of the 17th century, clavichords, harpsichords and organs were the keyboards...and using a mechanism inspired by the clavichord's string-striking action. By the...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Common Purpose."