The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation has named Henrico County Public Schools a national leader in music education for the 24th straight year. The school division has received the honor each year since the music-industry group began producing its list of America’s “Best Communities for Music Education” in 1999. The program recognizes 830 school
Indrek by A.H. Tammsaare is volume 2 of the "Truth and Justice" pentalogy The second of A. H. Tammsaare’s classic five volume epic of Estonian life is now available in English. I reviewed the first volume, ‘Vargäme’ online in Solidarity 638. At the end of that volume, Indrek, son of the farmer Andres Paas, leaves Vargäme, the remote village of his birth, to settle in the university town of Tartu. In some respects it is a classic tale of country bumpkin meets the city.
During the Elba Board of Education meeting held Tuesday night, Jan. 17, board members heard presentations from both the high school and elementary school on student testing and plans to