The Perpich Center for Arts Education's State Arts High Schools,has, for quite some time now, been a very important model for arts centered high schools, while also serving as one of the nation's most important centers for K-12 arts education.Governor Tim Pawlenty has submitted a budget which cuts away $2.2 million of a overall budget of $7 million, while eliminating "outreach" … [Read more...] about The State High School for the Arts in Minnesota faces major cuts
The Nexus between Jazz and Classical Music
The Nexus between Jazz and Classical Music brings me to the great, great, great, Benny Golson!!!, who was just honored by the Kennedy Center. Benny has a new CD on the Concord label, New Time, New 'Tet, where the "album's song choices advance a subtle but genuinely seductive proposal: what if jazz, conventionally defined, is overdue for re-inspection and revision? What if … [Read more...] about The Nexus between Jazz and Classical Music
The National Endowment for the Arts Speaks about The Stimulus Package
Today, The National Endowment for the Arts issues a statement about arts and the economic stimulus package.It's most interesting as it positions the Arts Endowment well as a mechanism for distributing funds. As most of you know, the House version of the package, which has already been passed, includes $50 million for the NEA over and above its baseline of funding.For the … [Read more...] about The National Endowment for the Arts Speaks about The Stimulus Package
The Stimulus Plan and Arts Education
If you believe that past is present, and that severe cuts to school budgets, combined with cuts from private funders, would deal a terrible blow to arts education, well then, it's important to take a look at the education portion of the stimulus plan, which I hear is changing by the day.At the moment, it appears that the education portion of the package will help save arts and … [Read more...] about The Stimulus Plan and Arts Education
Education Advice for Arne Duncan
My friend Diane Ravitch, offers some advice for Arne Duncan in last week's Washington Post.No beating about the bush, Diane offers some straight up advice on what works and what doesn't, particularly in regards to NCLB and the USDOE.A refreshing opinion. Here's a little teaser: "You have a chance to make a historic difference by abolishing the No Child Left Behind legislation. … [Read more...] about Education Advice for Arne Duncan