The Gates Foundation teamed up with Scholastic Inc, and Harris Interactive to conduct a survey of 40,000 teachers nationwide. Primary Sources: America's Teachers on America's Schools is the name of the survey.I would have to say that I am not surprised by what I've read so far:Just 22 percent said they thought evaluations by principals were a very accurate measure of their … [Read more...] about What do School Teachers Want and Need?
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A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE: Part Two
As part of the president's FY2011 budget request, the range of content and discipline-specific funding programs, including those for arts education, would be streamlined into three new categories: literacy, STEM, "what makes a well rounded education," where presumably arts education would be situated.This is a follow-up to my entry from last week: A Rapidly Growing Concern … [Read more...] about A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE: Part Two
ARTS EDUCATION BILL OF RIGHTS
I get asked about this document fairly often, so I thought I would re-post it. There is something about this Arts Education Bill of Rights that captures people's imagination. We haven't done much with it yet, but are working on it, and see it as having great potential to frame the issues around arts education and equity.The Center for Arts Education ARTS EDUCATION BILL OF … [Read more...] about ARTS EDUCATION BILL OF RIGHTS
Snow Arts Education: My Morning Meeting
A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE
The president's budget no longer contains arts education as a discrete item, as has been the practice for a number of years. Instead, presumably, arts education is rolled into total USDOE spending--the budget specifics to be determined administratively at the USDOE.For some, it's a non-issue: this is the way the National Endowment for the Arts has gone about it for years. For … [Read more...] about A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE