Posted by William Hall on Friday, May 3, 2013
The NAfME advocacy team would like to extend its sincerest thanks to the NAfME leaders from across the United States who wrote to the superintendent of Lansing’s public schools regarding the elimination music teacher positions. The success of this response depended … Read More »
Posted by shannonk on Thursday, May 2, 2013
On May 1st, NBC Nightly News featured a story about Orchard Gardens middle school in Roxbury, MA, where principal Andrew Bott reinvested funds for school security into arts programming. So far the school has seen remarkable returns in improved academics. … Read More »
Posted by shannonk on Monday, April 29, 2013
Today’s Washington Post included a story about standardized testing and some arguably extreme measures taken by administrators to ensure the participation rates required by No Child Left Behind. Wilson High School, located in the district, announced recently that any student … Read More »
Posted by William Hall on Monday, April 29, 2013
Dear National Arts Service Organization Leader, Ovation is the only cable network exclusively devoted to the arts and artistic expression in America and a vital element in the national arts delivery system. On January 1, 2013 Time Warner Cable and … Read More »
Posted by Lauren Richerme on Friday, April 26, 2013
A student at Iowa State at Iowa State University writes about policy, research, and music education advocacy. You can read Hunter’s blog to find out more. Hunter is part of a group of Iowa State University students dedicated to sharing … Read More »