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UK will teach diverse, non-Western science
Britain's Labour Party plans to make science teaching less Western-centric and relax standards so lessons are more "enjoyable."
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31 min read
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Something to sing about
HBO Max will premiere a documentary tonight about 10th-graders at a Philadelphia magnet school who "write, compose, produce and perform...
Joanne Jacobs
Nov 7, 20231 min read
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Guns, gays, suicide, smoking ... The show may not go on after all
Can a high school put on Oklahoma without guns? The Theatre Guild at an Ann Arbor (MI) high school revised the classical musical days...
Joanne Jacobs
May 3, 20232 min read
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Merry Christmas to all
"Carol of the Bells" is based on a Ukrainian folk song.
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 25, 20221 min read
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High school cancels ‘Mockingbird’ play
“Just hours before the curtain was to go up” last night, Shorewood High School (Wisconsin) “canceled its production of To Kill a...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 11, 20181 min read
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Music maestro, please
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has created a free after-school music program that reaches 1,300 students in six schools, reports the...
Joanne Jacobs
May 19, 20181 min read
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Teamwork, time and the universe
Via Viral Hog: Students in Chihuahua, Mexico demonstrate the traditional dance of the huahuas de puebla, which requires “confidence,...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 24, 20181 min read
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‘Rise’ debuts, but you’ve seen it before
Rise, NBC’s new high school drama, premieres tonight at 10 Eastern. It’s Friday Night Lights meets Glee, writes Ed Week‘s Mark Walsh. A...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 13, 20181 min read
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‘Surfing USA’ gets a belated ‘A’
“Surfin’ USA,” a huge hit for the Beach Boys’ in 1963, earned Brian Wilson an “F” in his high school music class. When the 75-year-old...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 10, 20181 min read
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Teach art — not STEAM
Integrating art into science and math teaching — turning STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into STEAM — is...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 9, 20172 min read
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The pleasures of poetry
High school students recited three poems they’d memorized for the Poetry Out Loud finals last month, reports Education Week. “This...
Joanne Jacobs
May 20, 20171 min read
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Music, arts education holds steady
Sixty-three percent of eighth-graders took a music class and 42 percent took an art class in 2016, according to the National Assessment...
Joanne Jacobs
May 13, 20171 min read
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Whose C is it?
#art #grading
Joanne Jacobs
May 13, 20171 min read
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High school goes Hamilton
Students are “learning U.S. history” from Hamilton, the hottest show on Broadway,” reports Wayne D’Orio in Education Next. EduHam funds...
Joanne Jacobs
Apr 10, 20171 min read
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High school band buys only ‘composers of color’
Band directors at a Minnesota high school include at least one piece by a composer of color and one by a female composer in each band...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 8, 20171 min read
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Rock the schoolroom
Little Kids Rock is bringing music back to school, reports Kate Stringer on The 74. The non-profit was created by a California elementary...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 18, 20171 min read
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