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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Speak out about School Budget Cuts in California on Funnyordie.com

May 16, 2010

These days, it seems like every time I turn on the news, I hear about school budget cuts all around the United States. As a Suzuki violin teacher, even though I do not teach in public schools, I’m concerned by continuing reductions in education funding. My teaching philosophy is inspired by Dr. Suzuki’s goal of [...]

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It Is Time For Arts Advocates To Rally For Arts Education, Arts Advocacy Day 2010 Approaches

April 10, 2010

Education in the US is diluted.  Every week I hear something new about arts education cuts.  Basta! Yes, I’ve broken out the latino mojo because I am pissed off.  I pissed because politicians believe they know more than teachers – a lie.  Aren’t you tired of the political riff-raff preventing good teachers from expanding children’s [...]

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Chicago Public Schools Eliminate Sophomore Sports While Considering Preschool Cutbacks and Four Day School Week – What Are They Thinking?

March 26, 2010

Regular readers of this blog know that we mostly write about music related topics. You may also know that I am a Suzuki violin teacher. I’ve been hearing news lately that, although unrelated to music education, has deeply concerned me as an educator. The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is making many decisions which will hit [...]

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US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Speaks about Arts in the Schools

September 21, 2009

I’m a proud member of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM). In the September 2009 issue of the AFM’s journal, International Musician, there was a wonderful article about Secretary Duncan’s speech at a SupportMusic Coalition teleconference hosted by NAMM (the association of the international music products industry). According to [...]

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Grand Opening of the Chicago High School of the Arts

September 15, 2009

On Wednesday, September 8, The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) opened its doors. According to this news story on Chicago Public Radio, Chicago is the last major American city to create a public high school dedicated to the arts. That’s hard to believe, in a city with cultural institutions such as The Art [...]

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Music Listening Habits – Helping a Music PhD Candidate

June 13, 2008

Image via Wikipedia This post is to help a fellow musician out. After reading WIRED’s Listening Post helping a PhD candidate, I couldn’t help but oblige. After reaching out to Melissa Avdeeff, the Musicology PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh who is studying how MP3 players and the digital music culture are changing our [...]

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