Equity

Who Is Your Arts Program Really For? Why Culturally Responsive Arts Education Can’t Wait

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Who Is Your Arts Program For? Why Culturally Responsive Arts Education Can't Wait

Today’s students are tomorrow’s decision-makers. The students in our arts classrooms today, in music rooms, visual art studios, dance studios, and theater programs, are more culturally, linguistically, and experientially diverse than any generation before. They also have more options than the generations before them. New technologies and AI are increasingly putting creative tools directly in … Read more

How to Audit Your Music Curriculum for Cultural Responsiveness & Equity

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Listen to this blog post by clicking the player below! I still remember a music teacher I coached who was seeking to make their curriculum more culturally responsive for her students.  She knew that many of her students were Spanish speaking, so she sought out folk songs in Spanish to teach them that would also … Read more

High Quality Music Curriculum as a Tool for Equity

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Listen to this blog post by clicking the player below! Music educators committed to working for equity have a similar vision: Music for Everyone. On the surface, “music for everyone” sounds like a beautiful ideal for our music education spaces, however the question then becomes “how do we actually ensure that music CAN be for … Read more