Facing the challenge of middle school teaching can provide music educators with rewards that are not obvious to the casual observer. Timothy Gerber takes an objective look at some of the peaks and valleys of the profession.

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The 2009 research project discussed here focused on regional experiences of global food insecurity, and linked students in South Carolina and Sri Lanka to explore a more affordable and inclusive means of transnational research collaboration. In 2008, there was a remarkable increase in food insecurity associated with the global economic crisis. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations estimated that the number of undernourished people in the world rose from 864 million to 967 million in just that one year. USAID (2009) reported that 37 countries were experiencing food insecurity at the national level, and that food prices had risen by 43 percent in 2008 alone. Catholic Relief Services (2008) estimated that the cost of basic staples in much of the Global South had tripled in just 18 months, and that the price of daily food requirements exceeded daily wages for many. There were food riots in nearly a dozen countries because of food costs doubling or more.

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