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Not So Fast Chairman Rocco: Arts Education Has A Marketplace Too
Okay, everyone is all abuzz about NEA (as in arts endowment, not the National Education Association) Chairman Rocco Landesman raising the issue in a recent blog of there being too much supply for the demand. In other words: there are too many arts organizations in America. It’s tough to argue that point. I am just…
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More on Belinda Reynolds’s Manifesto: Where Art Thou Composition in Music Ed?
Those who know music education, know that for many years research has indicated that creative music making, meaning composition and improvisation, is taught at a distinctly lower frequency than other types of musical activities not centered in musical creation, but instead interpretation. So, as a a follow-up to Belinda Reynolds’s Manifesto, I thought it would…
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The See-Saw of Education: The Suprising Reasons Why Other Nations Outperform the US
What, you say? Yesterday it was push-pull and today it’s see-saw? What will it be tomorrow??? Tomorrow? Well, maybe I will use a phrase that Rob Horowitz and I used to bandy about: the churn. I am a big fan of Valerie Strauss’s blog in the Washington Post: The Answer Sheet. It doesn’t hurt that…
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How Would You Spend $100 Million on Education?
In the January edition of Fast Company, they ask a group of 10 plus “edu-experts” to offer their proposals for how to spend $100 million to “really save education.” Radical Idea Number Three: “I’d focus on the arts — music and visual arts and dance, all the things that make kids joyful. Kids need a…
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Malcolm Gladwell on Creative Types: Embrace Chaos
In this 2007survey conducted by the Conference Board and Americans for the Arts. Essentially, school principals and CEO’s were asked to rate a rank a list of statements as to their usefulness in demonstrating creativity. The statement: “comfort with the notion of no right answer,” rated moderately high with CEOs, but very low with school…
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Webinar: Education Reform in the New Congress: What Could It Mean for Arts Education?
Education Reform in the New Congress: What Could It Mean for Arts Education? Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 3:00pm-4:00pm After a decade of debate since the last major education bill, is it time for action? According to President Obama, Education Secretary Duncan and leaders in Congress, education reform is one policy area that could find bipartisan…
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The Challenge of Teaching Art in the Public School System: Part Two
In July 2009, I posted what is now the first installment of a multi-part piece: POV: The Challenge of Teaching Art in the Public School System. Essentially, I was sharing with the readers of Dewey21C, an article that had been published in the New York Teacher. Today, I received a sad follow-up, directly from Linda…
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Arne Duncan and Neko Case: We Have To Do More With The Arts.
Arne Duncan and Neko Case, from 2009. “We have to do more with the arts.” I couldn’t agree more. I once saw Joel Klein honored at a gala for City Lights Youth Theater, which closed this year, and he got all lathered up, thrusting his fist in the air, proclaiming that we will restore arts…
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The Choice is Art: A New Public Awareness Campaign in Arizona
“Exposure to the Arts Means Higher SAT Scores.” The Arizona Arts Commission has launched a new public awareness campaign: The Choice is Art. Click here to go straight to their website.
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Guest Blog: Jane Remer, CliffNotes: Why The Arts as Education: Urgent Reflections at the End of Another Challenging Year
Welcome back Jane Remer, to Dewey21C. Jane brings to us an end of the year reflection, provoked by one of my recent posts. Jane gives us something to think about as we head towards the new year. –RK *********************************************************************************************************** Jane Remer’s CliffNotes: Why the Arts as Education: Urgent Reflections at the End of Another Challenging…