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What do Children Need the Most?
A number of years back I was fortunate to attend a two-day conference on Arts, Technology, and Intellectual Property at Columbia University’s American Assembly. At the time I was working for the American Music Center, so the topic was something I had a vested interest in. As with most conferences, there was the introductory moment…
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Beaverton Oregon Bands Together Around the Arts, to Raise the i3 Match
Here’s a story out of Beaverton, Oregon, concerning the USDOE’s i3 matching requirement and the work going on to raise the necessary 20% private match. Click here to read Can You Help Pay for Arts in the Schools, from the Beaverton Valley Times. District leaders have 21 days to raise $800,000 in donations.
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The New York Observer: Teaching the Arts on the Cheap
When I was interviewing for my position at The Center for Arts Education, I called a senior NYC education official to seek advice. My friend at the NYCDOE was very enthusiastic about the prospect of my being hired, until eerily, the issue of arts education advocacy came up. I asserted that a major area of…
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Essential Reading for Arts Education–Unintended Consequences: High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards
Okay, fair enough, the article I am strongly recommending is not about arts education, per se. Or is it? Why don’t you give a good summer read to Linda Perlstein’s piece in the American Educator: Unintended Consequences: High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards. As an added bonus, you get a short piece by noted…
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Barry Manilow is Ready to Take a Chance Again–This Time on Music Ed
The pressofAtlanticCity.com posted an interesting piece about Barry Manilow and his commitment to music education: Local Students to Rub Shoulders with Manilow. Apparently, Manilow not only “writes the songs” but also helps donate the instruments. If you want to learn more about Manilow and his philanthropic work including the above, click on over to the…
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USDOE’s i3 and the Arts: The Six Percent Solution
Last Thursday, a day earlier than expected, the USDOE announced the 49 winners of the Investing in Innovation grants, otherwise known as i3. There were approximately 1700 applications overall, 53 of which were focused on the arts Forty-nine applications were rated the highest and are now in a period of confirming the required 20 percent…
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USDOE Announces 2010 Arts Ed Model Development and Dissemination Grants
The list of 2010 USDOE AEMDD grantees has been posted to the USDOE website. Click here for the AEMDD section of the USDOE website. 33 grants were made; 200 applications were reviewed. The project abstracts have yet to be posted. One would imagine the USDOE is just a bit busy, what with Race to the…
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A Moment of Clarity: Test Scores in New York State Are Recalibrated
Many of you have no doubt heard the great news over the past few years about rising ELA and math test scores in the New York City Public Schools. But wait, there was more: test scores were rising all across the state, no matter what the intervention. The New York State Department of Education has…
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Arts Education and the USDOE i3: Who, What, and How Much Requested
As an quick update: this just in via email from the USDOE i3 Team: Thank you for your participation in the Investing in Innovation (i3) program and for your efforts to improve public education. The U.S. Department of Education (Department) received nearly 1,700 applications for the i3 competition. We are pleased to share that we…
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Guest Blog: Jane Remer, CliffNotes, A Bastille Day Wish List
Congratulations, Richard, on this memorable Bastille Day which is also a marker for your second year on Dewey21C. I am delighted to be among your guests although lately I have been fairly mute. Once I finished the extensive article for Arts Education Policy Review (From Lessons Learned to Local Action: Building Your Own Policies for…