I always look forward to the Mountain Lake Colloquium for teachers of general music methods. This conference addresses issues related to those in music teacher education who focus on general music. It is a wonderful conference and community. This year’s…
Grant Wiggins (of Wiggins & McTighe’s Understanding by Design) recently highlighted the issue of breaking things into little bits in education. He focuses on the following excerpt from the High School Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards…
Wired recently published an article titled “Copyright Chief Urges Congress to Produce ‘Next Great Copyright Act’ regarding upcoming testimony on copyright to congress. As Mitch Stoltz and Parker Higgins from the Electronic Frontier Foundation state “if it’s open season on the…
Frank Deford’s recent commentary on Marching band titled “School Bands Should not be Entertainment Adjunct for Sports” (on NPR) generated some very interesting dialogue on the comment section of the NPR website. Deford’s key point is that students should not…
From Old School to New Schulwerk: Addressing Sound Worlds of Contemporary Popular Music Evan S. Tobias To Cite or Download the article: Tobias, E. (2011) From Old School to New Schulwerk: Addressing Sound Worlds of Contemporary Popular Music.The Orff Echo,…