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The best music advocacy is being a great teacher.
Posted by Amanda M on May 12, 2012 at 1:43pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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If the state of Florida were given a grade for teacher appreciation, it would most certainly be a D, at best. Rick Scott's horrendous public education policies, such as the Merit Pay Bill, Parent Trigger Bill, and over-emphasis on the…
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ARTS and the ECONOMY
Posted by Sue Rarus -- STAFF on May 11, 2012 at 12:19pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Arts, New Growth Theory, and Economic Development
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2012/0510_arts_development.aspx
Check out the webinar on that link above, Brookings Inst. and the National Endowment for the Arts!
RESEARCH/DATA: NEW JERSEY's ARTS EDUCATION CENSUS
Posted by Sue Rarus -- STAFF on May 11, 2012 at 11:16am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Courtesy NJ Arts Education Partnership:
The widely anticipated report Keeping the Promise - Arts Education for Every Child: The Distance Traveled - The Journey Remaining was released May 10, 2012 at the historic Patriots Theater in the War Memorial in Trenton. This is the follow-up study to the 2006 New Jersey Arts Education Census report WIthin Our Power.
The New Jersey Arts Education Census Project (NJAECP) is a partnership of the New Jersey State Council on…
Continue Teacher Appreciation Week from the U.S. Department of Education
Posted by Sue Rarus -- STAFF on May 7, 2012 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The U.S. Department of Education in D.C. is doing their part to let teachers know they're valued and appreciated.
The Department has a full week of activities planned to honor and celebrate our nation's teachers.…
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week From NAfME!
Posted by Nancy Townes -- STAFF on May 7, 2012 at 8:43am 0 Comments 0 Likes
We appreciate all of the hard work you do each and every day.
Recap - Does Music Make the Difference?
Posted by Susan Lambert --STAFF on May 4, 2012 at 11:24am 0 Comments 0 Likes
In recent weeks, news of the final flight of the space shuttle Discovery was big news in the D.C. area. The May 18 Washington Post had a large and impressive photo of the space shuttle Discovery riding piggyback on a 747 over the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument toward its retirement at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
This was eyecatching front page news, but the photo and story that got my attention was on the front of…
Continue Turn Up the Music! Wanna Play Kicks Off May 7th with Music Monday
Posted by Nancy Townes -- STAFF on May 4, 2012 at 8:17am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Courtesy of Time for Kids...http://www.timeforkids.com/news/turn-music/38426
Make some noise on May 7 for Music Monday. People in the U.S. and Canada will be celebrating the day by singing and playing musical instruments together.
Music Monday is the first day of National Wanna Play Music Week, which runs from May 7 to 13. The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) organizes the weeklong celebration…
Continue OPINION: Department of Education's future?
Posted by Sue Rarus -- STAFF on April 30, 2012 at 10:31am 0 Comments 0 Likes
(write up courtesy of Fritzwire: www.publicprivateaction.com)
Read this interesting piece on what will happen to the Department of Education if Mitt Romney is elected. The Christian Science Monitor believes it'll be safe - just reduced in scope/size.
According to the CSM, "abolition of the department has been part of the GOP platform at various times since its establishment in 1980 by President Carter,…
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Romney on the Department of Education
Started by Nancy Townes -- STAFF Apr 17. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Romney :"I will either consolidate with another agency, or perhaps make it a heck of a lot smaller. I'm not going to get rid of it entirely," he said, citing the political risks inherent to advocating an end to the department as a whole.Any thoughts…Continue
What do you think about "measuring" music students? I am thinking in terms of accountability.
Started by Nancy Townes -- STAFF. Last reply by Amy K. Anderson Apr 15. 15 Replies 1 Like
Is it possible to measure music? If so, is it fair to students and teachers? What are the pros and cons?
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Sue Rarus -- STAFF posted a blog postTeacher Appreciation Week from the U.S. Department of Education
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