...we seek leadership that understands fully that subjects like the arts are overwhelmed by an accountability system build on test scores in reading and math, and that in order to buoy the arts, tools such as categorical funding are a necessity.Here's a guest editorial that I did for Education Update, a really terrific local education news journal in New York City.Sometimes, it … [Read more...] about “Good Schools Have the Arts” — What We Want For All of Our Kids
Education
Read All About It: President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities Releases Arts Ed Report
That's right, just released this Friday afternoon May 6th, is Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools. I love that title, and can only wish their words to Arne Duncan, all the chief state school officers, all the school superintendents, and all the school principal's ears...I am a big fan of Rachel Goslin, who runs the President's … [Read more...] about Read All About It: President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities Releases Arts Ed Report
Outgoing NY State Education Commissioner: What’s Really Wrong with Education
Directly from the New York State United Teachers Conference, is a somewhat startling video, for its honesty, caring, and content devoid of caustic political rhetoric."...committed to deepening and broadening the educational options for children, and stopping this class system of subjects, which is only ours, and no where else I know of."And of course, there's this … [Read more...] about Outgoing NY State Education Commissioner: What’s Really Wrong with Education
Federal USDOE Arts Education Funding Cut, but Not Eliminated
There are many people across the country who have been waiting on tenterhooks to find out whether or not arts education funding at the United States Department of Education would be zeroed out. It includes funding for the Kennedy Center, VSA Arts, and the competitive grant programs: Arts Education Model Development and Dissemination and Professional Development for Arts … [Read more...] about Federal USDOE Arts Education Funding Cut, but Not Eliminated
Worth The Time: A 1999 Conversation with Maxine Greene
From the December edition of NewMusicBox.org, comes "An Arts Education Symposium," with the great Maxine Greene, Hollis Headrick, Polly Kahn, Frank Oteri, and me.For those who don't know Polly, she's the former education director at The New York Philharmonic, the 92nd Street Y, and other organizations. Today, she is the vice president for learning and leadership development, at … [Read more...] about Worth The Time: A 1999 Conversation with Maxine Greene