From the Trenches

The question is not if teachers need to be held accountable for student growth, but how.

A flurry of new studies and research reports unlock new and important knowledge of the status, condition, and impact of...

How Music and Arts Education Became Core Subjects...

With literally trillions of dollars being thrown at various industry sectors, stimulus programs and bailout efforts, the resounding chorus from...

The Honorable Barack ObamaPresident of the United States of America1600 Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, D.C. Dear President Obama,How's it going? Have you...

Eight years ago, I wrote an article called "The Perfect Storm" about the impact of the dot.com collapse in the...

Time to get ready for the new school year, which means planning your programs, selecting your music, getting your lesson...

A long time and very good friend of mine, Tracy Leenman, sent me a note with this incredible and true...

President Clinton once said, "You gotta sound bad before you can sound good" to a class of beginning instrumental students...

Well, I am glad you asked! For those of you who have been using any of Apple's Macintosh computers (now...

After three years of work, we finally finished our major project conducting an arts education census of every public school...

I have been asked over the years why I have been such a forceful proponent of mandates. Many individuals, and...