Well, apparently he's both in front of and behind the plan. In fact, Mayor Boris Johnson is clearly excited by this project.Click here to listen to him speaking about music education and this new project.Click here to view the plan.There are many local music services,orchestras, arts organisations, charities and schools which do excellent work. This strategy sets out how we … [Read more...] about The Mayor Of London Gets in Front of a City-Wide Music Education Plan
Race to the Top Finalists Announced by USDOE
Lots of news associated with the USDOE. This one is big.Today the USODE sent letters to governors announcing the finalists for the first round of RttT.The Department received 41 applications for the first phase of Race to the Top. Each application underwent a comprehensive and rigorous review by an expert panel of independent reviewers and we have selected the following … [Read more...] about Race to the Top Finalists Announced by USDOE
A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE: Part III
Okay, for those of you who have been following this, here's Part III.At the bottom of this entry is the pertinent FY 2011 budget request from the Administration.What this tells us is $137mm would be allocated for the grants portion of the third of three new categories of funding that includes arts education: Effective Teaching and Learning for a Well-Rounded Education.$137mm … [Read more...] about A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE: Part III
What do School Teachers Want and Need?
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?
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