Hearts in the Arts

Join an on-going conversation about the state of Arts Education in the Connecticut Schools. Write your opinion and see how many agree and disagree with you.
Whether you are in the public schools or not, what do you want to change? Suggest topics, give us your best practices, see what others are doing in Connecticut,
The more the merrier -- and the more convincing when it comes to changing the current dismal state of Connecticut's Arts Educational programs. Help your creative kids have a better place to learn and grow.

Pre-K, through the fourth year/College- a Better Plan?

Do we have a very serious problem in the educating of our children and young adults in the Arts in Connecticut. Arts Education is inadequate, antiquated, spotty, deficient and inadequately and unevenly funded. Is it the role of the public schools to teach the Arts to students? Should the Arts be presented by the public school system or would it be better that they don't even try? Are the Arts an academic subject? Should we offer the Arts and then test for proficiency? Would that attract more money and get the attention of the State Funders of Education? Should private sources help the schools fund the arts? Does the State of Connecticut have a duty to present the Arts to our children and young adults? What impact does the public school system have on the professional arts organizations in our communities?

What about 'Arts on a Cart'? Is this an adequate policy decision to spur our young people's creativity? What about Arts teachers who rotate between schools week after week? What does that program say about our priorities as a State and its level of commitment to the Arts?

The level and amount of Arts Education in Connecticut can be and will be improved by our input here. This blog is a forum for community program developers, teachers, artists, State of Connecticut Education officials and all other interested in improving the amount and integrity of the Arts in Arts education in CT. Are our children Arts illiterate and are they and their parents diminished for it? Are our communities denied the creativity that our young people bring naturally because of a lousy Arts program? 'Creativity' is seen as something less than an academic subject-why? Where are all the Hispanic and African American violinists and oboists?

Your ideas, answers, solutions, best practices- we'll have a Statewide discussion on the State of the public school system arts programs. And it will provide the data for our Next Big Thing- More Arts in Public School Education.

Bold TextChoose your questions, give heartsinthearts your ideas, answers, solutions, best practices- we'll have a Statewide discussion on the State of the public school system arts programs. And it will provide the data for our Next Big Thing- More Arts in Public School Education.
The Next Big Thing - Great Arts Education in CT
Join the on-going conversation about the state of Arts Education in the Connecticut Schools. Log your opinion and see how many agree and disagree with you.
Whether you are in the public schools or not, what do you want to change about the way the Public Schools teach the Arts? ? Suggest topics, give us your best practices, see what others are doing in Connecticut. The more the merrier -- and the more convincing when it comes to improving the current dismal state of Connecticut's Arts Educational programs. Help your creative kids have a better place to learn and grow.
The Next Big Thing- Great Arts Education in CT

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