Okay, fair enough, the article I am strongly recommending is not about arts education, per se. Or is it? Why don't you give a good summer read to Linda Perlstein's piece in the American Educator: Unintended Consequences: High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards.As an added bonus, you get a short piece by noted testing expert Daniel Koretz, whose work recently led to the … [Read more...] about Essential Reading for Arts Education–Unintended Consequences: High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards
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Barry Manilow is Ready to Take a Chance Again–This Time on Music Ed
The pressofAtlanticCity.com posted an interesting piece about Barry Manilow and his commitment to music education: Local Students to Rub Shoulders with Manilow.Apparently, Manilow not only "writes the songs" but also helps donate the instruments.If you want to learn more about Manilow and his philanthropic work including the above, click on over to the Manilow Music Project … [Read more...] about Barry Manilow is Ready to Take a Chance Again–This Time on Music Ed
USDOE’s i3 and the Arts: The Six Percent Solution
Last Thursday, a day earlier than expected, the USDOE announced the 49 winners of the Investing in Innovation grants, otherwise known as i3.There were approximately 1700 applications overall, 53 of which were focused on the arts Forty-nine applications were rated the highest and are now in a period of confirming the required 20 percent match from private funding (unless a … [Read more...] about USDOE’s i3 and the Arts: The Six Percent Solution
USDOE Announces 2010 Arts Ed Model Development and Dissemination Grants
The list of 2010 USDOE AEMDD grantees has been posted to the USDOE website. Click here for the AEMDD section of the USDOE website.33 grants were made; 200 applications were reviewed. The project abstracts have yet to be posted. One would imagine the USDOE is just a bit busy, what with Race to the Top and i3 in full swing, adjudication-wise. For the previous full round of … [Read more...] about USDOE Announces 2010 Arts Ed Model Development and Dissemination Grants
A Moment of Clarity: Test Scores in New York State Are Recalibrated
Many of you have no doubt heard the great news over the past few years about rising ELA and math test scores in the New York City Public Schools. But wait, there was more: test scores were rising all across the state, no matter what the intervention.The New York State Department of Education has recalibrated the state test scores for ELA and math, and this moment of clarity … [Read more...] about A Moment of Clarity: Test Scores in New York State Are Recalibrated