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I've been meaning to tell you that Anne Rhodes over at the Empire State Partnerships blog outpost ESPrit de Corps has posted the executive summary of Project Zero's recent report Qualities of Quality: Excellence in arts education and how to achieve it.

I'm not an executive, but I've downloaded it anyway and I think it's terrific.

Americans for the Arts offers an "on-demand webinar" where Steve Seidel outlines all of the research findings in detail. I can demand the webinar for $85, or I could demand a week's worth of groceries.

Music: Here Comes the Sun (Here Comes the Sun @ youtube.)

Project Zero

Wow.

Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Project Zero Classroom 2009

July 27–August 1, 2009

The institute"addresses fundamental education questions, such as:

• What are the components of an effective education for the world that students live in now and will live in 10, 20, or 50 years from now?

• What is understanding, and how does it develop?

• What are the roles of reflection and assessment in student and teacher learning?

• How can participants continue to share and pursue their understanding of Project Zero’s ideas with others after the institute?"

It looks really amazing. Howard Gardner, David Perkins and Steve Seidel are the faculty.

Tuition is $2100, which could maybe be enough for a one-bedroom in Manhattan.

Wow.

Plus: Project Zero Update on Current Work, July 2007 (pdf)

The Answers, My Friend

What are the qualities of quality?

What are the markers of excellence?

How do a programs' decisions impact the pursuit and achievement of quality?

On December 17th, Steve Seidel of Project Zero will present the results of a Wallace Foundation study that promises to clear this up once and for all. 

December 17, 2008
The Qualities of Quality: Excellence in Arts Education and How to Achieve It
Presenter: Steve Seidel, Director, Harvard Project Zero, and Director, Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

If you want the answers, it's $85.00 for Americans for the Arts Members and $125.00 for Non-members. 

I told you to join.