As part of the president's FY2011 budget request, the range of content and discipline-specific funding programs, including those for arts education, would be streamlined into three new categories: literacy, STEM, "what makes a well rounded education," where presumably arts education would be situated.This is a follow-up to my entry from last week: A Rapidly Growing Concern … [Read more...] about A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE: Part Two
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The Official USDOE Summary from the ESEA Arts Stakeholders Meeting
This was sent along by the USDOE just yesterday: ESEA Meeting on Arts Education Summary … [Read more...] about The Official USDOE Summary from the ESEA Arts Stakeholders Meeting
The USDOE Wants You: A Call for Panelists
In what may just be the most competitive grant applications process ever, the USDOE has announced a call for peer reviewers for its $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). i3: The purpose of the program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement, in order to expand the implementation of, and investment … [Read more...] about The USDOE Wants You: A Call for Panelists
The School District Arts Czar: Mistaking the Piece for the Puzzle
I was talking recently with a friend and colleague who expressed disappointment over how things turned out with the appointment of the arts education czar in her local school district. She spoke about how much effort went into advocating with district leadership for the creation of the position, how enormously high the hopes were for success, and how different the relationship … [Read more...] about The School District Arts Czar: Mistaking the Piece for the Puzzle
College and Career Ready: A Possible Major Goal for the new NCLB
Oops, I did it again. NCLB is out! We're talking about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A front page piece appeared in today's Times about where ESEA is headed. Annual Yearly Progress (AYP), the engine of NCLB, appears to be heading for the hills, to be replaced by a broader measurement of progress, and a focus on "college and career readiness."The college and … [Read more...] about College and Career Ready: A Possible Major Goal for the new NCLB