Preparing and Training Education Professional (PREP) Act I want to give my readers a summary of the proposed changes for the new higher education
I research performance assessment rubrics, criteria and technology that in my research focus have all been developed in the arts. Performance assessment features such
This past week was the National Arts in Education Week all across our country. I was in Indianapolis for the Arts Education Partnership annual convening where
In order for teachers to learn how to use the arts in their classroom, proper teacher training programs must integrate the arts. There are
They found the most effective organizations appreciate the power of necessity of “Learning by Doing,” rather than, “Learning by Training.” (DuFour, DuFour & Eacker.
Horace Mann was appointed Secretary to the Massachusetts Board of Education in 1837. He argued for universal education and demonstrated how it would look
Introduction The Center for Creative Education in Palm Beach County provides arts integration programs to K-2 students. The Center structures its school support by
Factory-Model Schooling One of the ways in which we think about teaching and learning is to ask what do we want our students to
Introduction Michael Kitch, (reviewed from: New Hampshire Business Review) writes about how New Hampshire provides us with an example of the tension between providing an adequate
Next Spring, the American Education Research Association (AERA) will host the 2019 Annual Meeting in Toronto. Each year a new president of AERA is
Advancing Education The hope that we will be successful continues to drive our country forward. From the first voyages to our country to the
Introduction Last week I was in Kentucky to speak about the role of arts education to members of the Kentucky Arts Alliance. I want
World War II Vets Return To College I found a blog by Don Clark on Bloom’s revised taxonomy of educational objectives. I was familiar with the
A Box Of Photos Lt. General Mark Hertling was on CNN remembering his fallen fellow soldiers by making a box and putting the pictures
Does Education Lead to Poverty or Success? In the two graphics presented below, the success of educational attainment is contrasted with the class system
Poverty in Education I have been writing recently about the cost of poverty to children’s learning. How can we expect schools to do their
Accountability for Numbers Standardized testing in K-12 schools has a twenty-year history of being the one and only way that we hold students, teachers,
In the last blog, I tried to link poverty, education and arts integration, by arguing that education can help the condition of poverty and arts integration can
A Student In Poverty A child wanders into a classroom, slides through rows of desks, looks around her and slouches down in her seat.
New York City welcomes the American Education Research Association back for its annual conference, “Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education” Thousands of researchers from around
I have been invited to this congressional briefing this Thursday and want to share the details with you! Congressional Briefing Remarks by Senator Maggie Hassan
Introduction I thought it would be interesting to post the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ definition of arts integration. The JFK Center for
Big Week This week, in the span of two days, the trillion dollar budget passed with increases in arts funding and the students marched