Jane Remer’s Cliff Notes: Problem: The Arts Are Dwindling in Our Schools. Especially opera. Solution: The Metropolitan Opera to the Rescue??? “Here I go again I hear those trumpets blow again All aglow again Taking a chance on love” ---Ethel Waters singing in the great movie, Cabin in the Sky I am a passionate opera/music theater fan. I go to hear and see … [Read more...] about Guest Blog, Jane Remer: The Metropolitan Opera to the Arts Ed Rescue?????
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The Nation’s Report Card for Reading and Math: Will Dismal Results Bring More of the Same (higher stakes testing)?
As Igor Stravinsky once said, good composers borrow; great composers steal. So, instead of writing my own setting of the stage, let me steal from my fine colleague and friend at Common Core, Lynne Munson: I challenge anyone to think of a nation that works as hard as we do to find silver linings in its educational failures. On Tuesday morning NAEP reported that, in the course … [Read more...] about The Nation’s Report Card for Reading and Math: Will Dismal Results Bring More of the Same (higher stakes testing)?
Worth The Price of Admission: Today’s Google Home Page
Click on this, snap!: And then don't forget to strum the string, really!! … [Read more...] about Worth The Price of Admission: Today’s Google Home Page
NAEP Arts 2008, Part Two: What do the headlines say?
Just the fact that there are headlines, is of course, a good thing.It is interesting to see how this is being reported, particularly from the headline perspective. It's an amazing statement on how this is being reported, which in turn raises great questions as to whether these reporters understand the issues, do any analysis, or simply just print the press release. It's also … [Read more...] about NAEP Arts 2008, Part Two: What do the headlines say?