December 31, 2018 Member News Settlement Student on How Piano Changed Their Life Jennifer Weiner, author, NYTimes contributor, and student at Settlement Music School, recently published a column on how playing the piano—and being mediocre at it—has helped her to embrace failure.
December 04, 2018 Field News Report: Arts Education Approaches Supported by ESSA ESSA considers arts to be essential components of “a well-rounded education” and offers funding to help education agencies teach them in their schools. In order to access this funding, however, education agencies must show evidence that the programs they propose can affect student outcomes.
November 30, 2018 Field News Afterschool Matters Calls for Papers on Creative Youth Development The Fall 2019 issue of Afterschool Matters will focus on creative youth development, a new term for a longstanding theory of practice that integrates creative skill-building, inquiry, and expression with positive youth development principles.
November 20, 2018 Field News Case Studies in Distributed Leadership Distributed leadership is a framework for understanding how the work of leadership is shared within complex organizations. In these case studies, the Hewlett Foundation explores different approaches to these leadership frameworks.
November 19, 2018 Guild News Members Elect New Leaders to Guild Board of Trustees At the National Guild's Annual Meeting—held at the Conference for Community Arts Education on November 16—members elected five new field leaders to the Guild Board of Trustees.
November 19, 2018 Member News Hoff-Barthelson Appoints Chris Kenniff as New Dean of Programs Hoff-Barthelson Music School is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Kenniff as its new dean of programs, effective November 29, 2018.
November 19, 2018 Member News artworxLA Partners with LAUSD to Support Student Graduation "One of main things that I hear when I come here is laughter. I walk into a classroom and I see engagement. I see students who are interested in what they're doing, excited to be exploring."
November 12, 2018 Guild News New Board Candidates We have a fantastic group of seven arts education leaders up for election to the Guild board of trustees.
November 12, 2018 Member News Enchanted Circle Receives Continued Funding for YOUTH TRUTH CYD Program Enchanted Circle is honored to announce the receipt of a new three-year YouthReach grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.