The Center for Arts Education
The Center for Arts Education is committed to stimulating and sustaining quality arts education as an essential part of every child’s K-12 education in the New York City public schools.
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December 12, 1996
 
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It's not the smoothest time for teacher unions these days. They're a a pretty easy target when people wring their hands about the state of K-12 public education. But, hey, what would their critics do without them. Who would they have to criticize and blame...
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Presumably, this blog will be subject to some criticism by the Association of Hypnotherapists...
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The Center for Arts Education Check out Senator José M. Serrano's blog and his mention of our report.

Source: www.nysenate.gov
I’m not a gambling man. Yet if I had a dime for every time I mentioned the benefits of arts education, I’d wager that I would have just about enough to close the $3 billion budget gap facing New York State. ...
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Here are a few tidbits I have come across recently and not so recently; most in person and a few in writing:You arts people think that all principals have to do all day is think about arts education.School District OfficialDo you really, in your heart of hearts, believe that any other subject other...
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Discover various types of artist-teacher partnerships and hands-on strategies to use for integrating the arts into the curriculum and classroom. Teachers can register online at www.uft.org. Click on UFT Course Catalog Menu, click on Course Registration, then on Registration, TC Networks, Conferences, Seminars 09-10. Or... download the application at http://www.cae-nyc.org/tabs/sites/default/files/docs/cae-etf.pdf.

If you are interested in attending and you are not a teacher, send an e-mail to jonathan@caenyc.org
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Time:9:50AM Saturday, November 14th
Location:225 W 34th St., Suite 1112
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The Center for Arts Education Even Vermont's WCAX covered our report!

Source: www.wcax.com
NEW YORK (AP) - A new study finds that New York City schools with the highest graduation rates also offer students the best arts education.
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The Center for Arts Education For any Hispanophones, check out this 'El Diario La Prensa' piece about our graduation report that came out today!

Source: www.impre.com
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To read the previous installments of Ted's arts education travelogue click here for the first entry; here for the second; here for the third; here for the fourth; and here for the fifth. I want to thank my friend Ted for these thoughtful, rich, and fascinating posts...
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"This might be no more than symbolic window-dressing in an economic environment
in which arts funding for the big institutions in America is in the same parlous
state it has been for the past couple of years, and in which music education is
appallingly patchy (if you thought we had problems here, there's no comparison ...
with the US system, where many schools have no provision at all for music, and
no obligation to teach the subject)."
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Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Tom Service: Though classical music education in the States can be appalling, at least Michelle Obama is supporting it. Who will do the same here?
Shane Williams-Ness
Shane Williams-Ness
How exciting! This is GREAT news for the arts. Hurrah!
November 3 at 8:53am
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"People refer to this talking only of material wealth, leaving aside the
spiritual patrimony of humanity, within which art takes a very important place,"
he said, through an interpreter. "The distribution in the world of arts
education is tremendously unjust. When arts education takes the place in our
society that it d...eserves, we will have much less delinquency and violence, and
much more motivation towards noble achievement."
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Source: www.theglobeandmail.com
A classical superstar beats the drums for music education
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The Center for Arts Education Gotham News covers our mayoral campaigns’ responses to arts education questionnaires.

Source: gothamschools.org
Mayor Bloomberg and Comptroller William Thompson both want to see arts thrive in the schools but have different strategies about how to make that happen,
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The organization I work for is fortunate, very fortunate indeed to have a grant from the USDOE as part of its Arts Education Model Development and Dissemination (AEMDD) program...
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Where do the key candidates for Mayor of New York City stand on arts education???Just as we did for the Public Advocate race, The Center for Arts Education is circulating the arts education questionnaires completed by the Republican candidate for Mayor, Michael Bloomberg and the Democratic...
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In New York City, principals have been empowered to be the CEO's of the school building. A big difference between these principals and CEO's however, is that in the corporate model there is a a board of directors...
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The Center for Arts Education Here is an article from
today's NY Daily News that provides an important insight into our work at
CAE.

Source: www.nydailynews.com
A Queens fourth-grader with solid test scores was barred from her school's dance program because officials there insisted she take a test prep class instead.