With the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or No Child Left Behind into the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA), there is a lot of talk about community schools. For many, the term “community schools” conjures up the idea of schools as the hub of the town, with experienced principals and credentialed career […]
The Every Child Achieves Act and the Arts: Fal-De-Ral and Fiddle-Dee-Dee
Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella songs are flipping through my head as I ponder the re-authorization of NCLB, or the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and more specifically music and the arts. In my own little corner in my own little world I can be whatever I want to be. On the wings of my fancy […]