by admin | Nov 18, 2011 | Blog
“Creativity is about connecting things.” Steve Jobs This past summer I decided it was time to learn something new. I enrolled in a week – long class on stop-motion animation at Arrowmont School of Crafts. The workshop was led by two folks from...
by aperkins | Nov 11, 2011 | Blog
The article Visual Arts As Critical Thinking, posted in Edutopia online magazine, is one that echoes professional beliefs I hold as an educator. One of the beliefs at the core of CTL is “Learning about, in and through the arts is a vital dimension of effective...
by dwalker | Aug 30, 2011 | Blog
It seems to me we have two forces shaping educational policy: one is the call to innovate, reflected in the USDOE’s Investing in Innovation (i3) grants and in calls from the US Secretary of Education to seek innovative solutions to persistent problems of student...
by admin | Jun 5, 2011 | Blog
Postcard from the Arts Education Partnership Spring 2011 National Forum (Reprinted with permission, National Endowment for the Arts, Facebook page) The following post is by Sarah Cunningham, Director of Arts Education, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC....
by admin | May 17, 2011 | Blog
It’s May in Kentucky and we are all hoping the rainy season is over. The Ohio River is finally easing back from flood stage. This is the time of year when schools are in testing and my work in schools is coming to a close. I have been doing a lot of writing lately;...
