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The Creativity Crisis
For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it. Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of … Continue reading
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A Missing Piece in the Economic Stimulus: Hobbling Arts Hobbles Innovation
Leaving arts out of economic stimulus hobbles technological innovation. via Psychology Today As the economy stumbles, the first things to get cut at the national, state, and local levels are the arts. The first thing that goes in our school … Continue reading
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Music lessons build brainpower
School districts cutting arts programs should first consider that playing an instrument activates neuro-pathways to facilitate learning. By Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times April 25, 2010 To those who suggest, as many do, that my brain doesn’t seem to function very … Continue reading
California First Lady Maria Shriver Praises Local Efforts To Empower Girls In Visit To Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2010 CONTACT: Susan Muranishi, Alameda County Administrator (510) 272-6984 California First Lady Maria Shriver voiced strong support of local efforts to empower at-risk girls during a visit and discussion with young female wards today at … Continue reading
Public Education Armageddon: What should you do?
by Stellaa on OpenSalon.com Needless to say, we have moved from hope to a state of despair. The possibility of sane public policy seems to be a glimmer that came and went sometime between the summer of 2008 to the … Continue reading
BBC NEWS: Singing ‘rewires’ damaged brains in stroke patients
by Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News, San Diego Teaching stroke patients to sing “rewires” their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists. By singing, patients use a different area of the brain from the area involved in speech. … Continue reading
SF Gate article: “Why California must fund music education”
By Ted Barone, Principal, Albany High School “Playing music cultivates a mind that is prepared to process and make sense of the rush of information and problems that have come to characterize the 21st century. Music is a core subject. … Continue reading
