As an quick update: this just in via email from the USDOE i3 Team: Thank you for your participation in the Investing in Innovation (i3) program and for your efforts to improve public education. The U.S. Department of Education (Department) received nearly 1,700 applications for the i3 competition. We are pleased to share that we will announce the names of the highest-rated … [Read more...] about Arts Education and the USDOE i3: Who, What, and How Much Requested
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Guest Blog: Jane Remer, CliffNotes, A Bastille Day Wish List
Congratulations, Richard, on this memorable Bastille Day which is also a marker for your second year on Dewey21C. I am delighted to be among your guests although lately I have been fairly mute. Once I finished the extensive article for Arts Education Policy Review (From Lessons Learned to Local Action: Building Your Own Policies for Effective Arts Education, Volume 111, Number … [Read more...] about Guest Blog: Jane Remer, CliffNotes, A Bastille Day Wish List
Who Owns Creativity?
Today, is the second anniversary of the launch of Dewey21C. Two years, 323 entries, 250,598 page views, 185,295 visits, guest blogs by Jane Remer, Ted Wiprud, Jon Deak, and David Shookhoff. Here's to the 324th entry!************************************************************************************************************It seems to me that for many years the rhetoric of … [Read more...] about Who Owns Creativity?
Important to Arts Education: When Facts are Fiction
Many in arts education adhere to the silver bullet theory, namely that the right piece of incontrovertible research will create universal access to high quality education. And, of course, this is stoked by those who pick apart the existing research as being "soft." There are those who believe that "facts" as the primary ammunition of advocacy will win the day.Of course, if you … [Read more...] about Important to Arts Education: When Facts are Fiction
Chuck Close Speaks Out About Arts Education
...and more. Actually, I would have to call this one taking a very big swing...for those baseball, hockey, or even golf fans.Okay, very quickly I received about 50 emails about these two news items:First, is an interview on The Newshour: CHUCK CLOSE: Well, I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system. I grew up in a … [Read more...] about Chuck Close Speaks Out About Arts Education