Quadrant Arts Education Research Launched
After several months of planning I am happy to announce that Mike Danforth… the founder of MTD Marketing and I have put all our work together to create Quadrant Arts Education Research… The press follows: Market Intelligence for a Change: Industry Veterans Launch Quadrant Arts Education Research New Cause-centered Research and Analysis Company to Service […]
Dear President Obama…
The Honorable Barak Obama President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama, How’s it going? Have you found all the light switches in your new digs? Is it hard to sneak into the kitchen for a midnight snack with all the Secret Service folks around? How about that dog […]
My Christmas Wish List for Santa – Election Year Edition
Dear Santa, Here we are once again. Another year has come and gone. There is a chill in the air, all the leaves have fallen from the trees, and holiday music fills the air. As has been my tradition for the last five years I would ask you once again for forego any gifts for […]
A National Conversation on Arts Education
The great folks over at ArtsJournal are hosting a weeklong national debate on arts education with a tremendous cast of guest bloggers. Here is the premise: For decades, as teaching of the arts has been cut back in our public schools, alarms have been raised about the dire consequences for American culture. Artists and arts […]
An Obama Presidency
On this blog I have commented and shared insights regarding Barack Obama's words and plans for music and arts education as well as education in general. While I am working on my article about the opportunties created for education and the arts by an Obama Presidency I want to point to a few items that […]
Spellings Speaks… No One Cares!
Current and soon to be departing Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, who has singularly contributed to the stress on the public education system… first as Senior Advisory to the President and more recently as Secretary… answered some questions of students. One specifically addressed music and arts education: Why do you think art and music programs […]
Wii Music
Last week Nintendo launched Wii Music as part of their effort to bring game technolgy to a broader audience. Guitar Hero World Tour this is not. If you are looking for a game to mash buttons and do rhythmic gymnastics… this product is not for you. However, if you want to see how gaming is […]
The “Have Nots'” vs. the “Have Mores’?
The New York Times reported on expanding opportunities and corse offerings at a small selection of High Schools in the area… making the case that schools that meet NCLB actually have the chance to provide more to students. While I understand the point they are trying to make, I am not sure you can draw […]
Testing and Gas Prices and Wall Street…Oh My!
Eight years ago, I wrote an article called "The Perfect Storm" about the impact of the dot.com collapse in the stock market and the pending implementation of NCLB. Five years ago, I revisited this article with the second installment, entitled "The View from the Eye of the Perfect Storm," where I further delved into the […]
NYC Schools in “Art Failure”
I love the creativity of the New York Post Headline writers! The headline addresses the annual arts education report released by the NYC Department of Education. According to the Post: Just 8 percent of city elementary schools met state requirements for arts instruction in the 2007-08 school year, according to a new report. And that […]
