It's a savvy approach to a long-term problem: the New York City Public Schools do not provide the minimum levels of music (and arts) education required by the State of New York. Assembly Member Alan Maisel, acting on behalf of the Music Educator's Association of New York, filed an appeal with David Steiner, Education Commissioner, asking that the the issue be taken over by the … [Read more...] about NYS Assembly Member Files Appeal to Force NYC to Meet State Law on Music Education
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You Need to Be an Arts Advocate–A New Video By Student Advocates for the Arts
This video is hot off the computer, and comes to you from Student Advocates for the Arts:About SAAStudent Advocates for the Arts is a grassroots student organization dedicated to educating on and advocating for public policy affecting the arts in the United States. Founded in 2002 by graduate students in the Arts Administration Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, … [Read more...] about You Need to Be an Arts Advocate–A New Video By Student Advocates for the Arts
Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Seven
Click here for Part Six Caracas, 15 de abril Last two days of classes! With the concert on Saturday, We've decided to allow the children to work until Friday afternoon. This is risky, because in order to get this many pieces ready in legible form for professional musicians to read easily, means that all the prep work will have to be done Friday way into the night and the … [Read more...] about Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Seven
Florida Arts Teachers Asked to Take 50% Pay Cuts to Keep Jobs and Draconian Cuts Proposed for NYSCA
On my first blog since Artsjournal.com returned from malware hell, (bravo to Doug McLennan for all his hard work to restore Artsjournal.com to its normal state), I bring to you the latest and greatest on how to cut education budgets during a crisis: the Broward Country Public Schools (Florida) are asking arts, physical education, and librarians to cut their programs and … [Read more...] about Florida Arts Teachers Asked to Take 50% Pay Cuts to Keep Jobs and Draconian Cuts Proposed for NYSCA
Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Six
Click here for Part Five Caracas, 13 de Abril, 2010 Having been so blown away by the rehearsal of the Simón Bolívar orchestra the previous Friday (see Part Three), and totally involved with planning these Young Composer classes, one might excuse me if attending the concert of the Mahler 7th Symphony this Tuesday evening would be somewhat of a let-down. But no. Even though … [Read more...] about Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Six