Advocacy

Welcome to the new school year! If you are like other teachers around the country, you are disappointed summer break...

As soon as school is out for the summer, use this 10-step approach to having your best recruitment year yet....

In 1977, educational theorist Jacob Kounin published Discipline and Group Management in Classrooms. According to his observations, there was not...

Repertoire selection is among the most important respon- Thou shalt program pop music sparingly. Of course, sibilities for all band,...

Collective Impact Collective Impact can help communities accomplish big things in arts education. The term “collective impact” has been associated...

The term “strategic communications” describes a messaging plan linked to overarching goals. It sits at the heart of advocacy success...

Perspective is broadly defined as having a particular point of view. What do we see from where we are standing?...

Individuals stand at the heart of advocacy strategy. We advocate every day, formally and informally. We advance causes for ourselves...

The S.M.A.R.T. approach focuses instruction and experience around success, modeling, activities, reflection, and trust as these five elements seem to...

I am a lifetime advocate for music and arts education. In more recent years - especially since 2020 - as the...

I’m at that point in life when I look back and try to figure out who those people were that...

Boy, do we need some good news. The world is out of sorts. It’s hard to go through a day...