A Grand Virtual Festival to Honor Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson inspired educators around the world with his vision of child-centered schools that focused on imagination, creativity, the arts, and the joy of...
Category : Arts Education
A Wonderful Typo! We Need Common CARE Standards!
Recently Tom Ultican responded to something I posted on Twitter. His response contained a typo. He meant to write “Common Core Standards,” but mistakenly wrote...
Nancy Bailey: Seven Concerns for Public Schools This Year
Nancy Bailey is hopeful that 2021 will bring a new agenda for public schools and their students and teachers. All are worried about the pandemic...
Michael Hynes Pays Tribute to the Late Sir Ken Robinson
Dr. Michael Hynes is the Superintendent of the Port Washington School District in New York and a friend of Sir Ken Robinson. The Legacy and...
Nancy Bailey: Reimagine Education by Prioritizing the Arts in School
We have heard many ideas for what schools should look like after the pandemic, or if they reopen while the pandemic is still around. Most...
Watch and Enjoy the Chamber Singers at Chino Hills High School in California
When their performance was canceled due to the pandemic, the Chamber Singers at Chino Hills High School in California found another way to perform. Watch...
Robin Lithgow: Why Did A Wealthy Plantation Owner Bring an American Poet to El Salvador to Tell Its Story?
Robin Lithgow titles this wonderful post Flores y Canciones: The Poet as Witness. She writes about a culture that values its poets. She writes:I’ve just...
The Controversy Over the Orange County School of the Arts
The Orange County School of the Arts is one of the most popular, most sought after, and most elite charter schools in the nation. Now...
Trump’s Budget for Education Eliminates the Scandal-Ridden Federal Charter School Program
To the shock and consternation of charter school advocates, the Trump budget proposal abandons the controversial federal Charter Schools Program, turning it into a state...
Robin Lithgow: Shakespeare Had an Education Filled with Joy and Hilarity
Robin Lithgow continues her exploration of the history of the arts in education with this post about Shakespeare’s education. Robin was director of arts education...