The April 3 GIA Web Conference Arts Education: Local Impact of Federal Policy was presented by Alex Nock of the Penn Hill Group.
A recording of that webinar is now available on this website.
Arts Education
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- How Micromanaging Educators Stifles Reform, from The Atlantic
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- When Test Prep Requires Test Prep, from The New York Times
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From Libby A. Nelson at Inside Higher Ed:
As a deadline approached for the federal panel charged with recommending new rules for teacher education programs, negotiators had a message for the Education Department: It’s not over 'til (we say) it’s over.
The panel is considering controversial proposals that could change how teacher education programs are evaluated, including taking graduates’ job placement rates and classroom performance into account when deciding whether programs are eligible for students to receive federal financial aid. But as discussions unfolded, the panel was far from agreement on many key issues, despite a deadline of noon Thursday—and it eventually persuaded federal negotiators to agree to another meeting next week.
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- Voters Want to Hear More About Education This Election Season, from Education Week
- Are Pre-K Programs About To Get Gutted?, from Time
- Student debt rises as political issue, from Politico
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The report Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 and 2009-10 was released Monday, April 2 from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The report presents selected findings from a congressionally mandated study on arts education in public K–12 schools. The data were collected through seven Fast Response Survey System surveys during the 2009-10 school year.
28 pages, March 2012. National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20506. (202) 682-5400, arts.gov
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- Duncan Defends Spending Hikes, from Inside Higher Ed
- SIG Effort Posts Promising Early Results, from Education Week
- Two states, two different paths on charter schools, from Stateline
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Mr. Alex Nock, executive vice president at Penn Hill Group, will present the next GIA Web Conference session Arts Education: Local Impact of Federal Policy on Tuesday, April 3, beginning at 2pm EDT / 11pm PDT. Registration is free to GIA members and $35 for non-members.
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Four school district superintendents from around the country testified in front of the House Appropriations subcommittee on the Administration’s FY 13 Budget Proposal for K-12 education. Below is a summary of the discussion.
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The states who have received funds from the Obama Administration’s Race to the Top, a $4 billion competitive grant program, have spent the past year putting their grant proposals into action. Race to the Top’s intent was to help states and districts close achievement gaps and get more students to be college and career ready by supporting several key reform strategies. Eleven states and the District of Columbia won grants in 2010.