tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post3300836304065570516..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: Common Core Connections: In the ClassroomLinda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-24647533028283866022013-11-23T10:44:36.848-05:002013-11-23T10:44:36.848-05:00Myra, I am late getting back to your very wise wor...Myra, I am late getting back to your very wise words. As always the arts are pushed back in the sidelines of education. Many public schools in the United States have cut art and music classes...lack of funds, pressure on basic skills etc. We were having this discussion the other night at a dinner. A friend who makes documentaries about music spoke of the difficulty selling them to schools. My husband Ronnie who is an art dealer said that when we look back at past cultures, it is the arts that tell the story best. But what can be exciting in the now for children is the contemporary arts around the world. Social studies and the arts coming together!Jan Greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465907336433326017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-52410476083200258462013-10-19T18:50:33.791-04:002013-10-19T18:50:33.791-04:00These are all very good ideas. They could be the s...These are all very good ideas. They could be the start of some terrific teaching and learning. Of course Sylvia Vardell is well-qualified to make these connections between literature and literacy. <br /><br />My concern is about the bigger picture in standards-based education. So many of the standards are content-free. They don't tell us what to teach, but what we should be doing. Teachers feel left stranded with all these demanding processes and no content. And, even when there is content--as in the Next Generation Science Standards--where are the needed materials to pursue this content? <br /><br />All this talk about rigor is great, but let's also talk about rigor in action. I would love to see Ballet for Martha as part of a larger focus on the arts, which like social studies, seems to have been pushed to the sidelines of education.Myra Zarnowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384106059616982063noreply@blogger.com