A good information resource from Arts Education Partnership:
Arts Education
As the policy landscape changes, and dedicated federal funding streams become a thing of the past, Grantmakers in the Arts, through the Arts Education Funders Coalition, is looking toward the future to identify policy opportunities to promote equitable access to arts education in public schools. An essential question for this work is how to utilize and enhance existing federal education resources to include a systemic focus on arts education that benefits state and local programs.
The Problem and the Necessity of Action
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- Schools without Regents exams cite success amid shifting tides, from Gotham Schools
- Five More States Get NCLB Waivers, from Education Week
- Health-Care Ruling Has Implications for Education Spending, from Education Week
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Diane Ravitch responds, on her blog, to a piece in Education Week that asserts that multiple-choice standardized tests are sufficient to assess arts education:
I understand and embrace the idea of cultural literacy, but I don’t think that multiple-choice standardized tests are the best way to teach it or to assess it. If a teacher of music wants students to understand the differences between Mozart and Schoenberg, the best way to do that is to listen to their music and discuss the differences. If the teacher of the arts wants students to understand the differences between classical Greek and Roman architecture, the best way to do it is to view it and discuss it.
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- Senate Reaches Deal on Student Loans, from Inside Higher Ed
- Common Core Legislation: How Did Your State Do?, from Education Week
He sat less than two feet away, with just the bare table between us. Everything seemed to be going well. We were talking about the value of creativity and innovation in education, commerce, and culture, and how incorporating creativity principles into curriculum development would improve school culture across his district. There were fervent nods of agreement, as we seemed unified in our conviction of the importance of creativity in developing twenty-first-century learning skills.
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- The Chronicle of Double Standards, from Education Week
- California neglects education of English learners, lawsuit claims, from the Los Angeles Times
- Students Press for Action on Immigration, from The New York Times
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Overview:
The Fordham Institute recently released “Pricing the Common Core: How Much Will Smart Implementation Cost?”, a report analyzing different methods of adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and how much each would cost.
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19 States Approved So Far; 17 States and Washington, D.C., Currently Under Review; Other States Can Still Apply
The Obama administration approved eight additional states for flexibility from key provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in exchange for state-developed plans to prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the neediest students, and support effective teaching and leadership. Today's announcement brings the number of states with waivers to 19. Eighteen additional applications are still under review.
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- Why Romney, Obama are education twins, from The Washington Post
- Romney discusses education policy and class size in Philadelphia, from the Los Angeles Times