In An Attempt To Increase Creativity Development, China Officially Decreases High Stakes Testing On It's Children

This just in from Yong Zhao. Translation? The U.S. and China are trading education policy direction.

Stop This Madness!

The billions of dollars spent on politicians obsession with high stakes standardized testing is better spent on augmenting children's authentic learning experiences with extended fine arts learning, exploration into hands on science learning, smaller class sizes and improving the lives of 16 million children living under the poverty threshold in the World's richest country! Stop this madness!!!!

New Standards On The Way But Really, What's The Status Of Art Education Programs In The U.S.?

We all know that new National Fine Arts Standards have been written and are up for revision, but what do we know about the status of fine arts programs across the country? After massive cuts to public education funding in Philadelphia, Chicago and throughout the rest of the country, I am here to tell you the U.S. D.O.E. has no clue on the status of fine arts programs across the U.S.A..