NAEP is universally considered to be the "gold standard" for K-12 educational assessment. My good friend and colleague Lynne Munson, Executive Director of Common Core, has posted a an entry on her blog that compares the NAEP Arts Assessment 2008 with the NAEP math and reading tests. Lynne, a former deputy director of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and author of … [Read more...] about NAEP Arts 2008, Part Three: The Chrome Standard?
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Arts Education Cuts at New York City Public Schools: A Tale of Two Worlds
The Daily News released an article today on cuts to the arts starting to appear in the New York City Public Schools. Note the title: City Schools are Seeing Arts Programs Erased Amid Budget CutsFor those of you who don't know this school district, basically, the principals call the shots. If they want to gut an entire arts program, they have the power, as the have been … [Read more...] about Arts Education Cuts at New York City Public Schools: A Tale of Two Worlds
Can the Arts be a Central Part of Urban School Improvement?
Well, of course. Unfortunately, that answer is not widely known or embraced among the policy elites. That's part of our job as advocates.Middle School 223, once shuttered as one of the most violent middle schools in New York City, was reopened in 2003 as M.S. 223/The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. Today, Principal Ramon Gonzalez says attendance is about 4 percent … [Read more...] about Can the Arts be a Central Part of Urban School Improvement?
Continuing Problems with LA’s Arts High School
What a mess. But how often do you see someone challenging Eli Broad?At first it was to be a regular high school to help with overcrowding in the area. Then it became part of the Grand Avenue redevelopment led by Eli Broad, leading to the building of a $242 million state of the art facility. It was to become the "Fame" high school for Los Angeles.Then it became a zoned arts high … [Read more...] about Continuing Problems with LA’s Arts High School
Education Secretary Lands Near Knockout Blow in First Round
Okay, maybe it's really the second round, as the first could be viewed as the education portion of the stimulus package.I've read a lot about Arne Duncan being a basketball player, but hadn't heard much about him liking to mix it up.Yesterday Duncan spoke at a press conference in Maryland where he outlined what will be required of states in order to receive the second round of … [Read more...] about Education Secretary Lands Near Knockout Blow in First Round