International
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SATURDAY 26
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Not only does our public-education
system rank 26th out of 34 nations
when it comes to graduation rates,
but the U.S. also fails at treating
teachers as professionals. We spend
$100,000 per student annually, but
our instructors work more for less
than those in the leading countries
that will be applauded at this Taiwan
conference. In Finland, whose world-renowned system gives teachers
full autonomy over classrooms, the
profession is viewed as a highly estimable career. —LC
TUESDAY
Bad Teacher shows the worst of the classroom— and the cinema.
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10th Anniversary:
George
Harrison’s
Death
BY RACHEL Z. ARNDT
INFOGRAPHIC BY WALTER C BAUMANN
European
Offshore Wind
Conference
TUESDAY 29
The wind won’t be knocked out of
Europe’s sails anytime soon: The continent is the leader in offshore wind
power, with more than 1,000 turbines (on platforms miles offshore)
pumping 3,294 megawatts into the
grid—enough to power nearly 1 million homes a year. With 11 more wind
farms under construction, a topic at
this Amsterdam gathering of the European Wind Energy Association, Europe is on track to triple the power it
gets from wind by 2020. Not one to
be left out, the U.S. recently announced $50.5 million in funding for
its firstoffshore windprojects. —AA
From the great beyond come
the greatest hits. At least, that’s
true for pop musicians, who
often see posthumous boosts
in record sales. Prior to his death,
George Harrison’s album sales
hovered around 1,000 per week,
where they currently rest. But
in the seven days following his
death, they jumped to 13,000—
a notable hike. For other musicians, however, the afterlife
spike goes far beyond record
stores and i Tunes: In the two-and-a-half years since Michael
Jackson’s death, the King of Pop’s
estate has earned $400 million
from licensing deals, publishing
rights, and sales. Here’s a look at
four musical greats who prove
that, even in death, the beat
goes on.
