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  • Guest Blog, Jane Remer: The Metropolitan Opera to the Arts Ed Rescue?????

    Guest Blog, Jane Remer: The Metropolitan Opera to the Arts Ed Rescue?????

    Jane Remer’s Cliff Notes: Problem: The Arts Are Dwindling in Our Schools. Especially opera. Solution: The Metropolitan Opera to the Rescue???  “Here I go again I hear those trumpets blow again All aglow again Taking a chance on love” —Ethel Waters singing in the great movie, Cabin in the Sky I am a passionate opera/music […]

    November 8, 2011
  • The Nation’s Report Card for Reading and Math: Will Dismal Results Bring More of the Same (higher stakes testing)?

    The Nation’s Report Card for Reading and Math: Will Dismal Results Bring More of the Same (higher stakes testing)?

    As Igor Stravinsky once said, good composers borrow; great composers steal. So, instead of writing my own setting of the stage, let me steal from my fine colleague and friend at Common Core, Lynne Munson: I challenge anyone to think of a nation that works as hard as we do to find silver linings in […]

    November 4, 2011
  • Arts Education: Too Much and Not Enough

    Arts Education: Too Much and Not Enough

    One of the things I have been thinking quite a lot about lately, besides having no power at home for the third time since July (four straight days this time), currently resulting from Saturday’s somewhat bizarre snow storm, is the quite odd dichotomy between my work in K-12 and my work today in higher education. […]

    November 2, 2011
  • People You Should Know: Laurie Lock–Music and Arts Education Advocate

    People You Should Know: Laurie Lock–Music and Arts Education Advocate

    A tribute is in order, I strongly believe, because I know few people who have been such fierce, honest, and strategic advocates for music and arts education as is Laurie Lock. You see, Laurie, after 11 years of directing programs and policy at VH1 Save The Music Foundation, is stepping down to care for her […]

    October 17, 2011
  • GIA Conference D3: Final Thoughts (Arts Education IS Social Justice)

    GIA Conference D3: Final Thoughts (Arts Education IS Social Justice)

    GIA Conference D3/Wrap Up While this will be my final post as one of the three official conference bloggers, I have no doubt that so very much of what I encountered idea-wise will infiltrate not only my blogging on Dewey21C, but also my work for quite some time. That statement should tell you a lot […]

    October 13, 2011
  • GIA Conference D2: Is Darwin in the House?

    GIA Conference D2: Is Darwin in the House?

    GIA Conference D2: 4:30 am Pacific Time. Considering the unfortunate length of my Day One entry yesterday, I thought it might be a good idea to post something today a bit more concise. So, let’s focus on two sessions. Enabling Engagement: Launching Irvine’s New Arts Strategy. Organized by Josephine Ramirez, program director, arts, The James […]

    October 12, 2011
  • GIA Conference D1: The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Times They Are A-Changed

    GIA Conference D1: The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Times They Are A-Changed

    So, how does one take a dozen pages of hastily typed notes covering approximately seven hours of a conference day, including plenary, panel presentations, and forum-type sessions? Hell if I know. Let’s call it a blog in process. I have to give everyone credit for how things kicked off. Right from the start, Janet Brown […]

    October 12, 2011
  • Blogging on the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, Part One

    Blogging on the Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, Part One

    It’s Columbus Day morning in San Francisco. A great city to visit is what I always think upon arrival and when departing for home. So, it’s 5:00 in the morning, and since I am on eastern time, I thought, what the heck, I might as well post something, perhaps some preliminary thoughts on the 2011 […]

    October 12, 2011
  • Looking For A Few Good Standards Authors: The New Arts Education National Standards

    Looking For A Few Good Standards Authors: The New Arts Education National Standards

    Help Wanted: Coalition Seeks Writers for New Arts Standards By Erik Robelen<http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/> Ever looked at a set of standards and thought to yourself: Why on Earth did they include that? Or, I can’t believe they left out XYZ! Well, enough of the Monday morning quarterbacking. A national coalition is looking for a few good men and […]

    October 11, 2011
  • Guest Blog, Bruce Taylor: What is the Future Role for Arts In Public Education?

    Guest Blog, Bruce Taylor: What is the Future Role for Arts In Public Education?

    What is the Future Role for the Arts In Public Education? by Bruce Taylor  The increasingly contentious debate about school reform juxtaposes two contrasting realities about the arts:  one, that their place in our schools has been steadily and seriously eroded; the other, that the skills inherent in artistic practice are rapidly becoming essential to […]

    October 6, 2011
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