[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] Let Dr. Ackerman know that artseducation matters!

[Jon Stein]

Hey guys. At the risk of sounding dance parochial, writing to the new Superintendent Dr. Arlene Ackerman is great and should be done (as suggested below), but might I suggest rather than the message that "art education matters"--the GPCA generic message they're putting out--the dance community should be saying to the new Superintendent with a copy to the School Reform Commission Chairwoman Sandra Dungee Glenn, that "dance matters" as part of the School District arts education policy. It is likely from past experience, that the visual arts and music will be the primary beneficiaries of an arts education policy (out of habit, lack of awareness, lack of people teaching dance, etc.) while dance continues to largely get ignored in the public schools.
 
Writing to Ackerman is vi:  aackerman at phila.k12.pa.us   or Dr. Arlene Ackerman, Phila. School District, Ste. 301. 400 N. Broad St., Phila. PA  19130.  Go to it!
 
Jonathan
 
Jonathan M. Stein
General Counsel
Community Legal Services, Inc.
1424 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102-2505
Tel: (215) 981-3742  Fax: (267) 765-6481

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On June 1, Dr. Arlene Ackerman began as the new CEO of the School District of Philadelphia. As the CEO, Dr. Ackerman will be instrumental in getting the arts back into Philadelphia public schools. Please email her and urge her to support the district Arts Policy that will go before the School Reform Commission later this month.

The policy mandates that the arts are acknowledged as a core subject area, and that a sequential and standards-based arts curriculum is implemented at all levels for music, art, theater, and dance by highly qualified teachers and administrators. Furthermore, the policy states that ongoing measurement of student learning in the arts will ensure compliance with state mandates.

Click below to let Dr. Ackerman know that arts education matters!

http://ga1.org/campaign/letter_to_dr_ackerman 
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