Are you ready? Do you have a rock solid argument for government’s role in arts funding restoration and growth? Are your schools supporting and expanding their arts education programs? Do you know how to quickly reach elected officials and do you know people of influence who will speak on behalf of the arts? Who are [...]

I’ve been a public school volunteer for more than 15 years. And as an instructional designer, I work with faculty focusing on early education. Arts integration has always been easier for me to conceptualize in early education than in upper grades. Music, visual arts, dance, and theatre are essential tools parents and early education teachers [...]

There’s a lot of talk lately about STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and STEAM (adding an A for the arts to the STEM acronym). STEM proponents believe that strengthening learning in science, technology, engineering and math will achieve an ultimate goal of keeping America competitive in the global economy, while arts proponents support adding [...]

The journey to a comprehensive arts education policy for all children in North Carolina just got shorter. The North Carolina General Assembly passed H758 in 2011 calling for the appointment of an Arts Education Commission to review, prioritize, recommend, and implement findings of the Comprehensive Arts Education Plan. Because of Legislative Champions Representatives Linda Johnson [...]

Anyone who knows me for half a minute knows I get pretty addicted to political campaigns. So I have watched with great interest the goings on in Iowa. 8 votes. Romney took it by 8 votes. I have several extrapolations to make as we leave the middle of the country and move our attention to [...]