by lindanathan | Nov 18, 2011 | Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Learning, Teaching and Learning
Last Saturday, a group of BAA students performed for the closing session of the CES Fall Forum in Providence, RI. These students created a unique performance piece combining music, visual arts, spoken word, theatre and digital media. Participants were Althea Bennett...
by admin | Sep 16, 2011 | Professional Development, Teaching and Learning
Two exciting pieces of news from the Coalition of Essential Schools… The first is that registration is now open for Fall Forum 2011! I cannot emphasize enough what an amazing professional development opportunity this is. A Boston Arts Academy team attends each...
by admin | Sep 12, 2011 | Literacy
Beacon Press (the publisher of my book, The Hardest Questions Aren’t on the Test) put together a great blog that compiles the summer reading lists of education authors. Click here to see what books I enjoyed this summer (many of which are from Boston Arts...
by admin | Jun 29, 2011 | Arts Education, Interdisciplinary Learning, Teaching and Learning
Many of my teachers will tell you that I have driven them nuts (justifiably) asking, “When are we going to do puppets?” For years, I’ve gone on and on with whomever would listen about why I love puppets. From a Surdna Fellow artist-teacher who gave a puppet and...
by admin | Jun 22, 2011 | Arts Education
How can we prevent districts and school systems from reverting to the status quo? How can we encourage schools and school systems to truly innovate and to withstand the pressure of being sucked back to a laissez-faire time? How can we be unionized and have the...
