Okay, you might argue that such a blog entry on the very day that NAEP reading results are released offers quite a skewed measure. I beg to differ. Nevertheless, take a look at the top Google new links for education news, today, May 20, 2010.Will historians write that Americans had become obsessed with test scores leaving little time to consider anything else? New NAEP reading … [Read more...] about Test Obsession Anyone?
Archives for May 2010
Guest Blog, Jane Remer: In Memoriam, Renee Darvin
In Memoriam - Renee Darvin Alas, alack the good die way too young, but I am glad to have seen, hugged and kissed Renee "goodbye" at a jam-packed gathering in her honor just a few weeks ago at Teachers College. I will keep the memory of her calm and smiling loveliness as she sat in the queen's seat with all her subjects around...all thanks to Judy Burton and the Art and Art … [Read more...] about Guest Blog, Jane Remer: In Memoriam, Renee Darvin
When I Think of Great Arts Teachers…
I think of Renee Darvin. This morning I heard the very sad news that Renee Darvin had died.Not many of the Dewey21C readers will have had the great fortune to have met Renee. But, many of you will have known someone like Renee. Someone who played a major part in your career and life in the arts.Renee was certainly best known as a first-rate teacher of visual art teachers at … [Read more...] about When I Think of Great Arts Teachers…
Index to Jon Deak’s Multi-Part Guest Blog
Click here for Part One Click here for Part Two Click here for Part Three Click here for Part Four Click here for Part Five Click here for Part Six Click here for Part Seven Click here for Part Eight Click here for Part Nine Click here for Part Ten Click here for Part Eleven, Finis Click here for The Tools of Creativity, by Jon Deak … [Read more...] about Index to Jon Deak’s Multi-Part Guest Blog
The Thomas Edison of Music Education and Composition, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Eleven, Finis
Click here for Part Ten Why am I so intent upon the definitive performance? It should be clear by now that the whole point of the Very Young Composers is to take these works as seriously as we take Beethoven, Mahler, Bartók. Without question, I know that all who have been involved during these last two weeks, not only agree with that philosophy, but have bent over backwards … [Read more...] about The Thomas Edison of Music Education and Composition, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Eleven, Finis