I am really happy to be able to bring you an interview with two really swell colleagues of mine: Stephen Yaffe and Don Glass, who have teamed up on Making Room At The Table: A Needs Assessment of Arts Education for Special Needs Students in New York City Public Schools. Stephen is the principal investigator and Don has authored the introduction. I have had the great pleasure of … [Read more...] about Making Room At the Table: An Interview with the Author of a Needs Assessment for Arts Education and Special Needs Students in NYC Public Schools
Archives for 2009
Jane Remer’s Cliffnotes: The Myth of the Arts and School Reform, Redux
In today's entry for her recurring guest blog, titled CliffNotes, Jane Remer leapfrogs from my most recent blog entry, to three big points. I would also like to point you to a very thoughtful post responding to that very same blog, by my friend Carol Fineberg: Click here to read Carol Fineberg's comments on my most recent entry. RKThe Myth of Arts and School Reform, … [Read more...] about Jane Remer’s Cliffnotes: The Myth of the Arts and School Reform, Redux
Arts Education Should Align with School Reform. Really?
Among advocates and wannabe advocates, I have lately been hearing that arts education must align with school reform. I heard this the other day at a splendid presentation by Narric Rome of Americans for the Arts and Najean Lee of the League of American Orchestras, at the NYC Arts Education Roundtable's annual meeting. I have also come across this recently through discussions of … [Read more...] about Arts Education Should Align with School Reform. Really?
Arts Education on NPR: Name that Instrument! The State of Arts Education
Today, on The Takeaway, there was a segment on the NAEP Arts Assessment 2008.Click here to go straight to the media player for that segment: Name that Instrument! The State of Arts Education.It's worth a listen, they had a very good lineup of guests speaking on the issue. … [Read more...] about Arts Education on NPR: Name that Instrument! The State of Arts Education
NAEP Arts 2008, Part Three: The Chrome Standard?
NAEP is universally considered to be the "gold standard" for K-12 educational assessment. My good friend and colleague Lynne Munson, Executive Director of Common Core, has posted a an entry on her blog that compares the NAEP Arts Assessment 2008 with the NAEP math and reading tests. Lynne, a former deputy director of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and author of … [Read more...] about NAEP Arts 2008, Part Three: The Chrome Standard?