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Recruitment and Retention. It’s All Up to You!
When doing presentations, I am often asked for tips on recruiting and/or retaining students in visual and performing arts classes. I love this question, because it gives me the opportunity to share some advocacy...
Continue ReadingCathy DePentu: Excited and Engaged in Teaching After 35 Years!
Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment Cathy DePentu, data collection, differentiated instruction, Leadership Fellow, M.T421, music education, orchestra, performance critique, professional learning
Thirty-five years ago a guidance counselor asked me, “Why should we schedule a student all four years in Orchestra? Aren’t students just repeating the same class?” I attempted to explain that students continue to...
Continue ReadingDebra Henning: Disappearing the Gulf between the Arts and Sciences
Debra Henning Leave a Comment Cosmopolitan Chicken Research Project, ENERGY/MASS, Glenn Kaino, Mara Hasseltine, Next Generation Science Standards, Vanmechelen, Wasserman Projects
“We are in a revival of a cosmopolitan renaissance where we make the combination again between imagination and knowledge. We need art and science to make a connection. Out of this we can create...
Continue ReadingBlack History Month: Characters of the Harlem Renaissance Theatre Assessment
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Black History Month, Theatre Assessment
In the 8th grade Michigan Merit Theatre Curriculum,
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