Dewey21C

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

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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

Education reform is a big churn. Trends come and trends go. Perhaps the best read on this, if you are so inclined, is Diane Ravitch's book, Left Behind, A Century of Battles Over School Reform.Lately, the big trends have been about the infusion of forces and ideas outside of educational practice into schools. It's charters, free market, value added assessment, merit pay, … [Read more...] about News Out of LAUSD: Potential Education Game Changer