by lindanathan | Apr 9, 2012 | Arts Education
Boston Arts Academy is now in our second year of a three-year relationship with the Boston Athletic Association as an official charity of the Boston Marathon… We have a dynamic team of 15 running the marathon on Monday, April 16- they have already raised over...
by lindanathan | Apr 5, 2012 | Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Learning, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
Last week, BAA’s Center for Arts in Education hosted Darcy Rogers for a full-day workshop on her Organic Language Acquisition (OLA) technique. I first met Darcy at her school, Crater Renaissance Academy in Oregon, and then I ran into her again at the Coalition of...
by lindanathan | Apr 3, 2012 | Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Learning, Teaching and Learning
I have just returned from Washington, DC, and the Occupy the DOE rally. Cassie Wallace, our second-year math teacher, was my impetus to go. She posted on our Teaching/Learning email conference back in February: In case anyone is interested in protesting in DC with me...
by lindanathan | Mar 28, 2012 | Arts Education, Teaching and Learning
Last week was a big one for our theatre department, and for the school! Not only did theatre students make it to the semifinals at the state drama festival (the first time we’ve ever participated), but we had an amazing collaboration with Actors’ Shakespeare...
by lindanathan | Mar 21, 2012 | Arts Education, Teaching and Learning
Monday’s piece in the Globe by Mayor Menino and Laura Perille “Arts Education Needs to be Protected” highlights Boston’s wonderful efforts to bring access to a high-quality arts education to all of its students. As the article cites, and as I write in my...
