The New York Times editorializes about the impact of the stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on school reform efforts:"The stimulus package has given a real chance to resuscitate school reform, but these reforms will only happen if the new education secretary ignores political pressure from resisting states."
Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited a Brooklyn Charter School last week and much of the buzz, as usual, was about common achievement standards, data collection and stronger systems of accountability. Reforming or strengthening Arts Education was not one of the newly appointed secretary's talking points.
New York City schools will receive about $1.5 billion over the next two years, a significant increase in spending. Reforms on the table include a data collection system that will supposedly allow teachers to share best practices.
The stimulus package included $50 million for the NEA. A relatively tiny sum which Greg Sandow described in the Wall Street Journal as "a bubble on a wave."
If the secretary of Education doesn't think we are worth a mention, then who are we expecting to make the case for arts in the schools?
Maybe we should all write letters to Michelle Obama?
About the image: Mr. Fish is a political cartoonist over at Harpers Monthly.
New York City schools will receive about $1.5 billion over the next two years, a significant increase in spending. Reforms on the table include a data collection system that will supposedly allow teachers to share best practices.
The stimulus package included $50 million for the NEA. A relatively tiny sum which Greg Sandow described in the Wall Street Journal as "a bubble on a wave."
If the secretary of Education doesn't think we are worth a mention, then who are we expecting to make the case for arts in the schools?
Maybe we should all write letters to Michelle Obama?
About the image: Mr. Fish is a political cartoonist over at Harpers Monthly.
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