I was once asked by a charter school operator to assist them in finding some arts teachers. They showed me their instructional schedule for their all-day kindergarten and first grade classes, and I was floored, absolutely floored by the amount of time spent on drilling and test prep for reading and math.I mean, this is kindergarten. A five year old being drilled for hours on … [Read more...] about Crisis in Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School
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Arts Journalism and Arts Education
A couple of years ago, when we really started focusing on securing significantly increased local media coverage about arts education and the New York City public schools, we found out pretty quickly that there was just a wee hitch: the arts journalists are not very well versed in arts education and the education beat reporters didn't seem all … [Read more...] about Arts Journalism and Arts Education