Links for Friday, October 13
October 13th, 2006-
1 - The Courier News :: News :: Elgin officials laud city’s first Hispanic families
This week, the city honored those families with a proclamation — during Hispanic Heritage Month — and a reception where friends and relatives shared memories, explained family trees and shared their thoughts on today’s immigration debate.
(tags: immigrants)
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2 - Woman with 30 years of experience says she’s sidelined because she can’t speak Spanish
She lacks what many employers — whether they’re hiring painters or file clerks — increasingly require in a competitive market for entry-level, unskilled jobs: Spanish.
(tags: spanish bilingual immigrants)
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3 - Huff School is ready for the spotlight
Education Showcase..selected the Elgin school to demonstrate a music and math initiative based on the Mozart effect — the theory that listening to classical music improves students’ ability to think visually.
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4 - Microloan Pioneer and His Bank Win Nobel Peace Prize - New York Times
Grameen Bank in 1983… the bank adopted its signature innovation: making borrowers take out loans in groups of five, with each borrower guaranteeing the others’ debts.
(tags: microloans)
