by admin | Nov 13, 2009 | Blog
In my last post, I talked about new research in arts education conducted by UCLA researcher Dr. James Catterall. His new book, Doing WELL and Doing GOOD by Doing ART was published in early October 2009 and is a 12-year longitudinal study of education in the visual and...
by Amy Awbrey Pallangyo | Nov 10, 2009 | Blog
Federal legislation was just introduced in the Senate yesterday to provide funding for future pre-K through 12 Literacy funding efforts – the LEARN bill. While the details of the bill are myriad, there are some critical overarching features of the adolescent...
by rodaniel | Oct 20, 2009 | Blog
Measurement is an area that requires practice and context for students to create understanding. It is a skill that continues to appear as one of the weaker domains for fourth and eighth grade students in the United States on the 2007 TIMSS data. Providing...
by admin | Oct 16, 2009 | Blog
[This study] points directly to a solution that has been hiding in plain sight: our schools will improve if they deliver high quality arts education to all students. The students deserve nothing less. -Nick Rabkin, Senior Research Scientist National Opinion Research...
by Amy Awbrey Pallangyo | Oct 16, 2009 | Blog
Within broader adolescent education, Adolescent Literacy is a hot-button topic today, but we still have few models and little movement at the local level to integrate systematic approaches to literacy integration, or to practically support the guidelines released in...
