Okay, everyone is all abuzz about NEA (as in arts endowment, not the National Education Association) Chairman Rocco Landesman raising the issue in a recent blog of there being too much supply for the demand. In other words: there are too many arts organizations in America.It's tough to argue that point. I am just not quite sure what to do with it. Besides letting the … [Read more...] about Not So Fast Chairman Rocco: Arts Education Has A Marketplace Too
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More on Belinda Reynolds’s Manifesto: Where Art Thou Composition in Music Ed?
Those who know music education, know that for many years research has indicated that creative music making, meaning composition and improvisation, is taught at a distinctly lower frequency than other types of musical activities not centered in musical creation, but instead interpretation.So, as a a follow-up to Belinda Reynolds's Manifesto, I thought it would be interesting to … [Read more...] about More on Belinda Reynolds’s Manifesto: Where Art Thou Composition in Music Ed?
The See-Saw of Education: The Suprising Reasons Why Other Nations Outperform the US
What, you say? Yesterday it was push-pull and today it's see-saw? What will it be tomorrow???Tomorrow? Well, maybe I will use a phrase that Rob Horowitz and I used to bandy about: the churn.I am a big fan of Valerie Strauss's blog in the Washington Post: The Answer Sheet.It doesn't hurt that she has from time-to-time pointed towards Dewey21C, but really, it's because of posts … [Read more...] about The See-Saw of Education: The Suprising Reasons Why Other Nations Outperform the US
How Would You Spend $100 Million on Education?
In the January edition of Fast Company, they ask a group of 10 plus "edu-experts" to offer their proposals for how to spend $100 million to "really save education."Radical Idea Number Three: "I'd focus on the arts -- music and visual arts and dance, all the things that make kids joyful. Kids need a reason to come to school, and testing is not a good reason."-- Diane Ravitch, … [Read more...] about How Would You Spend $100 Million on Education?
Malcolm Gladwell on Creative Types: Embrace Chaos
In this 2007survey conducted by the Conference Board and Americans for the Arts. Essentially, school principals and CEO's were asked to rate a rank a list of statements as to their usefulness in demonstrating creativity. The statement: "comfort with the notion of no right answer," rated moderately high with CEOs, but very low with school principals, near the bottom, with school … [Read more...] about Malcolm Gladwell on Creative Types: Embrace Chaos