Charitable Giving Rises 5 Percent to Nearly $250 Billion in 2004
Estimated charitable giving reached $248.52 billion for 2004, a new record for philanthropic giving in the United States, the Giving USA Foundation announced today. The new Giving USA report released today is the 50th anniversary edition of the yearbook of philanthropy. Giving USA is published by the Giving USA Foundation and researched and written at […]
Did Someone Hear an “Echo”
Public school enrollment has recently exceeded the prior all time high to a new record and is expected to continue growing for the next decade. For music and arts advocates this means the potential for more students. The real key is… can we keep our programs in place to actualy benefit svereal million more students? […]
Let Them Eat Charity
Maybe it is just me… but there is something that continues to disturb me about how arts instruction, while called a core subject – is treated and funded as anything but. This story from the Arizona Republic highlights this issue and the inequity created when the arts are treated less than "equal." I know this […]
Thanks Gordon
Here is a first look at my tribute column to Gordon. This will appear in the June issue of SBO Magazine — On Tuesday Morning April 28, 2005 the music education community lost one of our greatest, influential, and most unsung of heroes' Dr. Gordon Shaw. He was not a musician; his art form was […]
The Footprints and the Giant
Over the past year I have become a fan of Andrew Taylor and his blog The Artful Manager. His postings are a mix of big picture thinking on the arts combined with humor, practical insights and well written commentary. One of his recent posting is based on a speech to a Rotary Club in Sheboygan, […]
New Exhibit Shows Clinton’s Favorite Music
Less than 6 months after opening of his new Presidential Library, a tribute to the role of music and music education in President Clinton's life goes on exhibition. If you want to read more about the role of music in his life visit my column "Changing the World One Life at a Time." LITTLE ROCK […]
Music for Music’s Sake
Every once in a while I come across an interesting article, or as in this case, one is sent to me. This one, from JoAnn with the Pilgrim Chorus in Warwick RI illustrates the point of the intrinsic value of music. Bravo to the students in Warwick! Music that could thaw the iciness of nations […]
U.S. STUDENTS LEAD WORLD IN STAR WARS KNOWLEDGE
A friend of mine sent this to me. It is a great laugh. Enjoy! Dept. of Education Hails New Test Scores U.S. students, long assailed for lagging the students of other nations in math and science, lead the world in their knowledge and comprehension of Star Wars trivia, the Department of Education announced today. The […]
This Trend We Like!
Last week DC public schools super Clifford B. Janey released a three- to five-year plan to tackle dismal academic achievement. All the big wigs were there: Janey was joined by several other city leaders, including Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D), school board President Peggy Cooper Cafritz and D.C. Council member Kathy Patterson (D-Ward 3), who […]
Parents in California Rally
Well, well, well… Parents were main organizers of the effort in Sacramento to protest school funding cuts and draw attention to the dire straits of public schools (complete with a high school band that is about to be cut!) on the same day the Governator's approval ratings go through the floor… largely due to his […]
