Music education is not included in New York City schools, which is a huge crime. Non-for profit organizations have gracially stepped up to fill the hole, however one organization, the Midori foundation, isn't paying their instructors enough. Strike! Read more here.
Ann Barstow is part of a new blog, Feminist Law Professors.
Amy sends this article from the Times on one woman who sued the city on the grounds that it failed to provide an adequate education for her children. Michael Rebell, who is THE education finance dude, said that the courts have traditionally not provided private school tuition to individuals. Liked this line: In a memorandum to Justice DeGrasse, Eric J. Grannis, Ms. Payne's lawyer, wrote that her two youngest children could not wait any longer. The two children, 10 and 12 years old, he wrote, "are not cryogenically frozen, waiting to emerge from a state of suspended animation when the state gets its act together to fulfill its constitutional duty."
And Suze points me to this Newsweek cover story on the growing concern about educating boys. Please no comments on this yet. I'll write a post.
I'm really not trolling, but why is the lack of music/arts/sports education a crime? Wouldn't it be better to divert those resources towards something a little more likely to provide one with a job, like the three R's or science?
I may be wrong, but I think this is one of those uniquely American (and slightly odd) priorities in life. People are willing to pay for private lessons for piano, tennis, etc., but not willing to shell out extra bucks to make sure Johnny can read and multiply.
Posted by: Klug | January 23, 2006 at 03:12 PM
> People are willing to pay for private lessons for piano, tennis, etc., but not willing to shell out extra bucks to make sure Johnny can read and multiply.
I don't think that that is right. These kinds of things are real popular, and the people paying for piano lessons are usually have the reading and math covered.
Posted by: Joe o | January 23, 2006 at 07:12 PM
Thanks for the plug! I hope that "Feminist Law Professors" will be useful - send me stuff you'd like to see posted at Feministlawprof@yahoo.com - I promise links, credit, and a free lunch if y'all find yourself in Columbia, South Carolina, and hungry, round about noonish.
Posted by: Ann Bartow | January 24, 2006 at 11:04 PM