But of course, you say. Well, this is one of those things you want to watch, for the funding for field trips is closely associated with funding for teaching artists, arts supplies, school plays, etc. While the stimulus money for education will pour significant funds into some schools, at the very same time other schools will see budget cuts. It's part of the schizoid time we … [Read more...] about Field Trips Declining
A New Replacement for Certified Music Teachers
Only Children Need ApplyOkay, of course we all know about teaching artists providing arts instruction in schools. We also know of non-arts teachers providing arts instruction (which predates the arts teacher). We also know, although it is still an outlier in arts education, of parents and other volunteers teaching arts.Okay, here's a new one: a New York City public school, P.S. … [Read more...] about A New Replacement for Certified Music Teachers
Arts Education Bill of Rights
I once had the great good fortune to be taken to the woodshed by Warren Simmons, head of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Warren gave me a brilliant lesson on advocacy through the lens of informed engagement. Without information, the engagement was likely to fail. What and how would you inform those you seek to engage, both as a precursor to engagement, and as part of … [Read more...] about Arts Education Bill of Rights
Jane Remer, Guest Blogger: The Arts Just Don’t Fit in Most of our Schools
Jane Remer's Cliff Notes (Number Three): The Arts Just Don't Fit in Most of Our Schools Face it: The arts still don't fit in most of our schools and none of the advocacy claims made for them have helped a whit in the last five decades. The arts community - arts educators, arts organizations, artists who work with schools, other friends of the arts--has tried and failed … [Read more...] about Jane Remer, Guest Blogger: The Arts Just Don’t Fit in Most of our Schools
Steve Reich Wins 2009 Pulitzer Prize!!!!
Reading the news on NewMusicBox just this moment brought a big smile to my face. There was a time, a long, long time, when Reich didn't stand a chance to win a Pulitzer, as there was a stylistic bias against such music at the Pulitzer and any other number of important music awards. So many of my Reich favorites, Music for 18 Musicians, Drumming, Tehilim, Different Trains...they … [Read more...] about Steve Reich Wins 2009 Pulitzer Prize!!!!