Tag Archives: recession

Why Boys Fail » Blog Archive » Giving single-sex education the boot…

My biggest fear about the surge in single sex education has been the faddish nature of it. The Bush DOE gave it the legal green light without offering districts any research on how to do it well. A backlash is inevitable, especially in …

Punchline Magazine Blog » Woman is first to earn stand-up comedy …

“The course teaches that comedy isn’t just about sitting around telling jokes. There’s a whole history of performance that dates back to the Greeks and the Romans,” course leader Dr. Chris Ritchie, a former stand-up, told the Daily Mail …

Who's laughing now? Comedy clubs weather tough times

While the recession has hit nearly every industry, this article points to one niche that’s actually thriving in the downturn: stand-up comedy . While many comedy clubs have had a tough time during this economic slump, the magazine The …

Could Bloomberg Lose? Should Arts Groups Ponder the Great “What If …

The mayor contributed to more than 1200 organizations promoting arts , education and health care, like Johns Hopkins Medicine; the Robin Food Foundation, an antipoverty group; and Stand Up to Cancer, a research organization in Pasadena, …

Law Librarian Blog: Internet Use Studies from Pew Research Center

Use of the Mobile Internet Increases; African Americans Most Active Users. According to Wireless Internet Use, a report of an April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, use mobile devices to access …

Electronic Arts reduces red ink in Q1; should I be bullish on the …

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), a video-game publisher that competes with Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), THQ (NASDAQ: THQI), and Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), issued Q1 stats after the bell on Tuesday. …