Tag: Klein

  • American Teacher Magazine on Arts Education: Part Two

    Last month the American Teacher Magazine, which has a circulation of over one million, had a cover story on arts education.  They have followed-up on the cover story, with a series of pieces submitted by educators from across the country, about the value of arts education. Click here to read the March/April edition of the…

  • The Counter-Intuition of Advocacy

    Consider these three points: 1. The school district leader says that the overall school budget is increasing each year, and not to worry. And yes, it’s true: more money was allocated to education in the city budget. 2. The existence of generally supportive school district officials and government leads to increased arts budgets and administrative…

  • The Third Annual NYCDOE Arts in the Schools Report: Cognitive Dissonance

    This week the NYCDOE released its third Annual Arts in the School Report. Along with about thirty colleagues primarily from the arts field, I attended the report presentation at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The document itself must be applauded for all the work that went into it. In this difficult economy,…

  • What Makes for A Positive or Negative School Culture?

    Ed in the Apple is a blog that I’ve been reading since it first started a few years ago. My understanding is that the blog is associated with someone at the United Federation of Teachers. It’s a very good blog in terms of giving a feel for what’s going on from a teacher’s perspective, and…