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Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO Arts Education Conference, Part IV
UNESCO Second World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul Blog 4 Theodore Wiprud June 22, 2010 I wasn’t sure why the composer Hi Kyung Kim was keynoter for the second day of the UNESCO 2nd World Conference on Arts Education – a day devoted to “Advocacy: Outreach to socio-cultural values.” She talked about artistic dialogue…
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A Win for Arts Education Advocates in Los Angeles
Or better yet, a big win for the children in LAUSD. Thanks to a campaign spearheaded by Arts for LA, and perhaps best personified by this full page ad in the Los Angeles Times, the LAUSD school board decided to reduce the level of proposed cuts to elementary arts education teachers by one-third, rather than…
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Connecticut Bolsters Graduation Requirements for the Arts
Dewey21C was pretty quiet last week. It happens, what can I say? With all the end of the fiscal year work to be put to bed, this will be my first post in over a week. But hey, it’s a good one! As part of a comprehensive education “reform” bill signed into law by Connecticut…
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What is Happenning to Music Education in the Detroit Public Schools??
I had a blog entry last December about cuts to music in the Detroit Public Schools Along comes this very thoughtful and thorough piece about DPS and its new approach to music education via a piece by George Shirley that was published this week in NewMusicBox.org. Music Education in Detroit’s Public Schools: The Struggle to…
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Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO International Arts Education Conference, Part III
UNESCO Second World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul Theodore Wiprud June 6, 2010 I was particularly looking forward to the UNESCO conference roundtable on research in arts education – specifically titled “Supporting the Practical Use of Researches: Suggestions to Enhance Practicality and Reliability of Arts Education Researches.” What transpired was intriguing in ways I’d…
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Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO Arts Education Conference, Part Two
UNESCO Second World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul Theodore Wiprud May 31, 2010 Each day of the UNESCO conference on arts education began with a keynote address or two. The keynote the first day – which set a tone for the whole conference – was by the American team, Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein. He’s…
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NYC Teacher Layoffs Averted?
Even with the state budget in flux, this morning the news broke that the City will cancel proposed teacher layoffs, choosing instead to cancel proposed salary increases for the next two years. Emails started to fly, with people cheering the good news. But not so fast, The city was in the middle of contract negotiations…
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Guest Blogger, Ted Wiprud: From the UNESCO International Arts Education Conference in Seoul, South Korea
Let’s welcome back Ted Wiprud to Dewey21C. Ted has graciously agreed to send along some guest blog entries from the UNESCO Conference in Seoul, South Korea. ************************************************************************************************************** UNESCO Second World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul Theodore Wiprud May 29, 2010 The Second World Conference on Arts Education has completed its work in Seoul. From…
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Diane Ravitch on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show
Okay, I admit it, I may just have blogged more about Diane Ravitch than any other single person since I started Dewey21C almost two years ago. And that is as it should be! It never ceases to amaze me how bizarre the world of K-12 education has become. Diane provides some sanity from the never…
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“I Felt Like A Professional”–What a Teacher Told Me at a Recent Conference
I have to admit, that comment both was a potent pill, as it both pleased me and broke my heart. How could it be possible that the teachers feel so beleaguered? Well, one look at the major media around teaching and teachers, and well, you figure it all out in an instant. It was pleasing,…