So what are teachers for? The delivery-of-content model of instruction doesn't describe all of what teaching is about. Most of what you really must know and be able to do isn't delivered to you. You don't need someone up there who knows all the answers to tell you what to do.
The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.14.2012
Most educational programs, even those with solid art programs, portray art as a reprieve from homework and arithmetic. Frivolous and fun, art is a way...
Jennifer Mrozowski | Posted 04.26.2012
Hundreds of creative and amazing pieces of art by Detroit Public Schools students will be shown in the 75th annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts beginning Saturday.
John Seed | Posted 04.03.2012
Last week, when a painting student dropped by my office with a newspaper clipping of one of Damien's Hirst's spot paintings I hit a patch of real despair. In an art world where a figure like Hirst can rise to the top, who needs painting classes?
Rachel Schwartzmann | Posted 03.11.2012
Art, unlike us as humans, is immortal. No matter how much others try to censor it, question it, criticize it or destroy it, art is a central part of this world -- and it should be.
John M. Eger | Posted 01.22.2012
Recognizing the vital role of the arts in the new economy may be the most important aspect of a 21st century education.
Terence Clarke | Posted 10.24.2011
The value of the arts is tough to quantify in the world of skills-testing so dear to the hearts of contemporary legislators.
Kristen Paglia | Posted 09.11.2011
Dr. Jill Biden and the First Lady are spreading the message that all sectors of society can "Join Forces" in honoring and supporting America's service men and women. I reflected on what role artists and educators can personally play in this effort.
AP | Posted 08.08.2011
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State's library will be home to an art-education collection donated by noted feminist artist, author and educator Judy Chic...
Posted 08.06.2011
Anthony Josef Norris, director of a San Francisco art education nonprofit group, has been charged with possession of child pornography. The City subse...
Richard Kessler | Posted 07.12.2011
Change will require the type of leadership that makes it known that schools without the arts cannot be good schools and will no longer be accepted.
Gary Stager | Posted 06.04.2011
I am sick and tired of hearing about "those kids" and how they're failing! You never know when the slightest gesture of good will, willingness to listen or an act of kindness can change a young person's life.
Posted 05.25.2011
Art is not only creative, but also a therapeutic process. When the new Helen DeVos Children's Hospital opened earlier this year in Grand Rapids, Michi...
Kristen Paglia | Posted 05.25.2011
This week my kids' public elementary school, a high performing school in a "good" neighborhood, was in lockdown (again) for violent intruders on campu...
Sarah Smarsh | Posted 05.25.2011
It's the people of Kansas who will suffer, as programs fostering artistic expression go the way of the dinosaur (and other now-fossilized life forms that vex folks like Brownback).
Kristen Paglia | Posted 05.25.2011
These paintings celebrate the unique way in which children are looking and thinking about the world, and serve as reminders to us all to appreciate the daily beauty, wonder, and joy that surrounds us.
Posted 05.25.2011
With ever-increasing budget cuts negatively affecting US schools, it has been up to independent nonprofits to step in and make up for the deficit in a...
Kate Gibbs | Posted 05.25.2011
There can never be enough creativity in the schooling of our children. Education is a key ingredient in improving society and world peace: in our own homes, cities, and around the globe.
Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011
This weekend Angelenos can frolic freely in idyllic Barnsdall Park while experiencing the visual bounty of over a half dozen local art galleries and 80 artists at the second annual Beyond Eden Art Fair.
Posted 05.25.2011
Launched in 2000 as a project of the White House Millennium Council, the National Design Awards aim to promote excellence and innovation in American d...
Kristen Paglia | Posted 05.25.2011
Davis Guggenheim's film "Waiting for 'Superman' " is an indictment of the public education system in America. It cuts to the bone, exposing bureaucrats and special interest groups.
John Seed | Posted 06.01.2011
Each generation of artists, professors and students seems to develop its own set of rigid rules and values.
Freddie Gershon | Posted 05.25.2011
Athletic programs have been supported in school for a very long time. We shouldn't have to choose one over the other. How about giving the arts parity with sports and seeing what happens?
Annie Buckley | Posted 05.25.2011
On Seeing: The Purpose Paradox What exactly does it mean to look at--to really see--art? What questions do we ask ourselves and how do we accept and ...
Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011
With the pressure of budget cutting on schools throughout the country, petitions were circulated requesting that arts education be an essential part of education. Unfortunately, the Mayor's track record is not encouraging.
Brian D. Cohen | Posted 05.22.2012