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  • The Lost Paragraphs from Arne Duncan’s Arts Education Speech at AEP

    Well, by lost, I mean if I could wave a magic wand, this is what he would have added… Let me start from the beginning. As most of you know, last Friday at the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) Forum  held in DC, both Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education and Rocco Landesman, Chairman, National Endowment for…

  • Key K-12 Arts Education Legislation Derailed in Colorado

    This legislation wasn’t asking for much, compared to what many states have on the books. Nevertheless, it got quite the bum’s rush by the Colorado School Boards Association, in particular. Click here to read: Critics Pan Arts Education Mandate Merrifield, a retired music teacher, is chair of the House Education Committee and is serving his…

  • Batter Up: The Federal i3 Grant Program

    Today in Baltimore is the first of three technical assistance sessions across the country for potential applicants to the USDOE’s i3 program. I have written two different entries on i3, click here and click here to read them. In a nutshell, the USDOE has set aside $650 million of Federal stimulus funds for education for…

  • Proposal to Scorch the Earth in Toledo Public Schools

    There are times when the little policy matters seems irrelevant. Who cares if a subject is declared “core” by your state department of education or USDOE? Take a good look at this story coming out of Toledo. It is a rather stunning example of how a school district is proposing the elimination of all certified…

  • 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…

  • A Rapidly Growing Concern about Arts Education at the USDOE: Part Two

    As part of the president’s FY2011 budget request, the range of content and discipline-specific funding programs, including those for arts education, would be streamlined into three new categories: literacy, STEM, “what makes a well rounded education,” where presumably arts education would be situated. This is a follow-up to my entry from last week: A Rapidly…

  • The Official USDOE Summary from the ESEA Arts Stakeholders Meeting

    This was sent along by the USDOE just yesterday: ESEA Meeting on Arts Education Summary

  • The USDOE Wants You: A Call for Panelists

    In what may just be the most competitive grant applications process ever, the USDOE has announced a call for peer reviewers for its $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3).  i3: The purpose of the program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement, in order to expand the implementation of,…

  • The School District Arts Czar: Mistaking the Piece for the Puzzle

    I was talking recently with a friend and colleague who expressed disappointment over how things turned out with the appointment of the arts education czar in her local school district. She spoke about how much effort went into advocating with district leadership for the creation of the position, how enormously high the hopes were for…

  • College and Career Ready: A Possible Major Goal for the new NCLB

    Oops, I did it again. NCLB is out! We’re talking about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A front page piece appeared in today’s Times about where ESEA is headed. Annual Yearly Progress (AYP), the engine of NCLB, appears to be heading for the hills, to be replaced by a broader measurement of progress, and…