Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Educator Evaluations

Editor’s Note: To learn more about the changes in Michigan’s educator evaluation laws, check out Ed’s previous MAEIA blog post,

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts education, dance, dance education, dance professionals, michigan dance council

This past Sunday, dancers leaders from around Michigan gathered at the Happendance School to address new initiatives and to gather input about what Michigan Dance Professionals need, including in the K-12 sector. The MAEIA tools...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, arts education, artsedweek, becauseofartsed, impact of the arts

Have you heard? It is National Arts Education Week!  September 11-17, 2016. The National Arts Education Week page on the Americans for the Arts website offers three...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment SEL, Social Emotional Learning

Social-emotional learning (SEL) has been a focus of discussion for educators and families in the 2020-2021 academic year, particularly as COVID-19 forced schools to adapt quickly, and in the process, highlighted the need to better...