Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been mainly occupied with education stimulus dollars, more than anything reflected in the frenzy around his Race to the Top Fund. It is, after all, a $4.3 billion fund available to state education departments through a competitive application process. Final guidelines are to appear sometime within the next three weeks. Stay tuned!A lot of … [Read more...] about And Then There Was NCLB
Arts
The Big Bang Theory of Arts Education
This is a repost of a blog that I wrote last December. After a few recent circuitous conversations about arts integration versus arts as a discrete discipline, I thought it a good idea to repost. As George Harrison once sang: "It seems like years since it was clear."Once upon a time, most public schools had substantial arts education, with music and art most often recognized as … [Read more...] about The Big Bang Theory of Arts Education
Advocacy Tools: Candidate Questionnaires on Arts Education
Okay, The Center for Arts Education asked the candidates for key campaigns in New York City to complete questionnaires about their positions on K-12 arts education in the New York City Public Schools.Click here to view the press release about the Public Advocate QuestionnairesClick here to view the completed questionnaires for:Bill DeBlasio, DemocratMark Green, DemocratAlex … [Read more...] about Advocacy Tools: Candidate Questionnaires on Arts Education
What does it take to get into a select arts high school?
In this case, the article is focusing on the LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts. It's great to read about students at the very top of high school arts education in New York City. At the same time, it makes me think back to when I graduated high school, when in addition to LaGuardia (then it was two separate schools: Music and Art High School and The … [Read more...] about What does it take to get into a select arts high school?
How Arts Training Improves Attention and Cognition–From the Dana Foundation
Have I ever mentioned that I love the Dana Foundation. Full disclosure: the organization I work for receives funding from Dana. With that out of the way, I just want to say I think they're one terrific funder and partner, doing exemplary work that is both unique, helpful, and dynamic. Dana's current issue of Cerebrum features How Arts Training Improves Attention and … [Read more...] about How Arts Training Improves Attention and Cognition–From the Dana Foundation