John Abodeely
The New Common Core for the Arts are Imperative
Posted by May 26, 2010 1 comment
John Abodeely
The Common Core for the Arts are a huge triumph for our professional community—for arts teachers, teaching artists, cultural organizations, supporters, advocates, etc. This is for two reasons:
1. We’re keeping up with the other subjects.
2. Three dozen people got together agreed on one giant thing.
Let me explain.
1. We have to keep up with our peers. We have to pony up the same infrastructure, research, and political mobilization that our peers in the other core subjects are offering. That’s true if we want arts education to be treated equally. And right now, the Common Core for ELA and math define policy advances (even if we disagree with the content or strategy). But there’s more.
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