Tag: equity

  • Guest Blog, Nick Rabkin: The Three Horsemen of Arts Education

    Guest Blog, Nick Rabkin: The Three Horsemen of Arts Education

    It makes me happy to welcome back my good pal Nick Rabkin to Dewey21c.  –RK The Three Horsemen of Arts Education by Nick Rabkin       I’ve done research on teaching artists for the last three years—from Boston to San Diego—at NORC at the University of Chicago.  (My report is available for download at…

  • Church Leaders Raise Concerns Over Obama Education Agenda

    An Alternative Vision for Public Education–A Patoral Letter on Federal Policy in Public Education: An Ecumenical Call for Justice, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. This is one pretty great letter and I would urge you to read it. Here are a few “choice” excerpts: Not only has the…

  • Do the Arts Count in Education? How Policy can Bludgeon Practice

    Here’s my very first repost, the blog having originally appeared late last week: While I have misgivings about posting this blog during the traditionally quiet week before Labor Day, I just couldn’t resist. I may repost it next week, just to make sure it isn’t missed. This blog post is central to those who wonder…

  • 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…