Arts Advocacy

http://www.arteducators.org/olc/pub/NAEA/advocacy/advocacy_page_3.html

This is a great site filled with Arts Advocacy tools

Great book on collaborative artmaking in the classroom

 

Here is a review of the book and each chapter

Does Teacher Education count?

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/education-degrees-and-teachers-pay/

Keep Commenting on blogs!

We are enjoying reading everyone's blogs so much. We think you are all doing a great job reflecting on your past experiences and connecting your ideas to the readings. Good work everyone! Feel free to ask questions and respond to others questions as well. Keep it up and remember keep commenting!

National Institute of Art and Disabilities

http://www.niadart.org/

This website is filled with examples of talented artists who are differently abled

We are lucky to live here

When I took my high school students to Russia for one month I was shocked at how people with disabilities were treated. Most never went to school or went out because they were publicly mocked, and it was difficult to navigate city scapes where nothing is designed for a wheel chair. This was in 1997, I had hoped that things might have changed. I heard this story on the BBC today and was saddened to learn that little has changed, but that some schools are trying to teach young people how to be more empathetic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8302633.stm