Are art classes a waste of resources… or the most important class a child can have?
April 6, 2017
In a test driven, results oriented public school system, the art department costs money. Supplies don’t come cheap, nor do teacher’s salaries. Is art just…
Spreading the Good News with Neptune Schools
April 5, 2017
If you were to visit the schools of Neptune Township, you would find many examples of students actively participating in the arts. At any given…
2017 National Arts Advocacy Day
April 5, 2017
This year’s National Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, DC had an undercurrent of energy that came from word that the President had proposed, just days…
The Beat: NJAEP's Newsletter – March 2017
March 2, 2017
March On Through March and Beyond March is Arts Education in Our Schools Month and in this issue of The Beat we are celebrating that…
ArtsEdNow Q & A with Acting Commissioner of Education Kimberley Harrington
February 28, 2017
1. What role did arts education play in your own education? The arts played a large role in my education and in my personal development.…
100 Eleventh Grade Students from the Academy for Fine Arts and Academics at Bayonne High School have the Experience of a Lifetime at Hamilton on Broadway!
February 28, 2017
On Wednesday, February 15th, 2017, one hundred eleventh grade students in the Academy for Fine Arts and Academics (AfA2) at Bayonne High School were treated…
The Beat: NJAEP's Newsletter – February 2017
February 15, 2017
February is the month of love at the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership. And this issue of The Beat focuses on teachers we love. Those…
Dance for Social Consciousness & Honoring the Holocaust Through Dance – “IDENTITY”
February 9, 2017
Claudine Ranieri, Dance Educator at Paramus High School in New Jersey creates units of study for her dance students each year called Dance for Democracy…
#1Line1World with Jennifer Braverman
February 9, 2017
I have the honor of teaching middle school, high school and college in the same day in the New Jersey public school system. I start…
Blog: From Armenia With Love
February 6, 2017
The most important life lessons I have ever learned came from my music teacher in Yerevan, Armenia. When I was fifteen, Rita Israelovna Petrosian was…
