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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…
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Ted Wiprud, NY Philharmonic Arts Education Advanceman Blog #5: a reflection on children around the world
To read Ted the previous installments of Ted’s arts education travelogue click here for the first entry; here for the second; here for the third; and here for the fourth. For those of you who were looking for this next installment, my apologies for posting it late. I got behind a bit…. This is another…
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Ted Wiprud, NY Philharmonic Arts Education Advanceman: Blog #4, from Tokyo
To read Ted the previous installments of Ted’s arts education travelogue click here for the first entry; here for the second; and here for the third. I love this entry. Can an ordinary 10-year-old compose music? Read on! RK*********************************************************************************************************** 10.11.09 Yesterday, the New York Philharmonic premiered eight new pieces in one concert at Suntory Hall.…
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Ted Wiprud, NY Philharmonic Arts Education Advanceman: Guest Blog #3, from South Korea
To read Ted the previous installments of Ted’s arts education travelogue click here for the first entry and here for the second. RK ************************************************************************************************************Dewey 21C 10.8.09 Korea, land of Teaching Artists! Seriously: the South Korean government launched a new agency – Korea Arts and Cultural Education Service, or KACES – three years ago with a…
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Ted Wiprud, NY Philharmonic Arts Education Advanceman On Tour: Guest Blog #2
To read Ted’s first blog; click this link. Within the Western educational system, the Teaching Artist attempts the most complete realization of student-centered learning. To borrow from Eric Booth, the word “education” has the Latin root “ducare” – to lead or draw, with the prefix “e-“, out. The fundamental stance of the Teaching Artist is…
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Chicago Public Radio Looks at Music and the Brain
Last Friday, the Chicago Public Radio program Eight Forty-Eight took a look at music and the brain in a segment titled Researchers Probe How Music Rewires the Brain. Click here to read the transcript or listen to the segment online. So, listening to brainwaves is kind of weird and fun, but why care so much about…
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Cuts to Music Programs in Detroit Public Schools
Too Often the Music Dies in City Schools, is a recent article in the Detroit Free Press. While it’s a story we all know too well, cuts to arts education programs, it’s worth the read. In particular it looks at the issue through the lens of jazz players who have come out of Detroit Public…
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My Dinner with Merce and its Connection to Cultural Policy
I wanted to end this very hot. humid, and WET New York summer week by recalling a swell dinner I had once with Merce Cunningham and Laura Kuhn, Director of The Cage Trust. I won’t recount what the obits and testaments said very well about Merce as a truly giant, emblematic figure of modern dance…
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Dewey21C has its first birthday: A Take on Arts Education from two Symphonic Giants
Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of Dewey21c, and I will celebrate by eating some croissants (there’s a killer place for croissants and macroons around the corner), I thought I would end my first year of Dewey21c, which would be something like the 144th published entry, with a story about arts education through the lens…
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NAEP Arts Assessment Released
It’s been eleven years since the last arts assessment from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” NAEP is also widely viewed as the gold standard of educational assessment. On Friday June 15th, the 2008 “Arts Report Card” was released. Before I get into anything else, I do have…