Education Law

I’d like to teach the world to sing

In these days where the eyes of the world are focused on the U.K.’s Susan Boyle, it’s nice to know that the good old U.S. of A. has it’s own talent pool.  If you haven’t heard this group of New York City students from Staten Island’s PS22 singing yet, you will soon.  NPR’s pop culture blog did a story on them yesterday, Jimmy Fallon is talking about them on his blog, and Ashton Kutcher is twittering/tweeting about the newest singing sensation to hit the web. 

Feeling down?  Is the news of the economy, GM, or the swine flu getting you upset?  Check out the Eye of the Tiger to pick you up.

Is there another classic song you enjoy?  Perhaps PS22 has covered it–do you need some inspiration during the day?  Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Crowded House, the Beatles, Josh Groban, Tori Amos (we could go on), are all performed by these elementary students.  When you watch, you’ll see the joy in the faces of the singers, the enthusiasm of their teacher, the teamwork, the desire to perform well, and most importantly, the fun in learning.  For more, check out Mr. B’s blog, and take a minute to celebrate one success in America’s urban public schools.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on April 28, 2009 (boomark / email).