Up-date and NCLB

I took a week off of blogging to get my virtual house in order so that (hopefully) information on the sites that I'm managing is easier to locate and more useable.

Miscellany

Tom Jacobs, over at the Miller-McCune news outlet does a good job of keeping us current on research and information related to the arts.  Here are some recent posts that I thought were of particular interest.  Some have more relevance to the arts in education than others, but all are related, and I think you will find them interesting.

Here is a report from the Journal of Adolescent Research on "Adolescence, Music, and Algebra 

A Canadian study regarding aging and music can be found hear Musicians Hear better in Old Age
Is that Dave Brubeck in the background. - His brother used to be a teacher in the Santa Barbara Public School System I believe.

Wanted - Arts Activists

In a post last week, I made a statement that I want to take some time to explain.  In it, I said that "This is not a blog for arts advocates....This weblog is a place for arts activists" .  I didn't explain that very well,

More Hybrid Education

In the last post, I put forth the idea of hybrid schools as a new paradigm for education that combines online technology with personal interaction with teachers and classmates.  In the excellent example of the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School, that is accomplished by having online instruction with teachers and material on a flexible bases, and regional centers, where students and teachers, especially in the arts, can get together, and perform or display their skills, knowledge, and abilities.  

Today, I want to talk about another model for education that is getting rave reviews.  It is presented on network news programs as the largest 'virtual school' in the world.  It is the Khan Academy,