Explore the lack of diversity in autism research and intervention programs with expert John McLaughlin on this insightful edCircuit episode.

Jane Mell Balek, Assistant Executive Director, Center for Marketing and Resource Development at the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) discusses music advocacy, education and marketing efforts to support members and students in the arts. Balek also serves as the COO of the Give A Note Foundation.

In a syndicated Associated Press article written by Karen Matthews, she reports on a debate about the necessity of teaching algebra.

In this edCircuit interview, we sit down with Krista Fanning, Grammy Educator and Band Director at Caddo Middle Magnet School in Shreveport, Louisiana.

In this interview with edCircuit, we sit down with Brayer Teague, fine arts chair at Downers Grove North High School, to discuss the power of music education.

In this interview, edCircuit sits down with Bonnie Anderson, a Coronado Village Elementary School music educator and Grammy Educator of the Year Finalist.

As a result of losing students to magnet schools, military schools and charter schools school districts are faced with new fiscal challenges in addition to the budget cuts that were a result of the recent recession.

If you are an Instructor, or a beneficiary of Instruction, you intuitively know the importance and value of Instruction. But have you ever systematically analyzed Instruction’s strategic purpose; its top-most goal?

In this interview, edCircuit interviews Bill Swick, chair of the music department for the twelve-time GRAMMY award-winning Las Vegas Academy of the Arts.

John McLaughlin, Ph.D. joined me for coffee to discuss recent news and research pertaining to the ever-challenging dropout issue facing public education in the U.S. McLaughlin breaks down his interpretations of the findings and sheds light on the issue of suspensions and the role they place in disengaging students from the school community. We also learn more about John’s affinity for tea as opposed to coffee too!

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In this edCircuit interview, we sit down with Lois Wiggins, who was one of ten finalists out of over 4,500 nominees for the Grammy Educator of the Year Award.

Alex Terego sat down to discuss the role of optimism in K-12 education and the realities of the world we live in. Terego discusses the fourth Industrial Revolution and the needs of our economy to succeed in a global marketplace. Terego notes that “Knowledge Miners” are what employers are looking for highlighting the need for independent thinkers who can examine the world critically and in team settings. 

Anne Fennell music educator at Mission Vista High School in California was recently named one of ten Grammy Educator of the Year Award finalists. Fennell spent time with Dr. Berger discussing the role music education plays in supporting young people’s development in the greater ecosystem of education. Fennell exudes positive energy and her stories of student impact from the creative arts support why music education is important to all of us.

Phillip Riggs of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, N.C., has been announced as the recipient of the third annual GRAMMY Music Educator Award. Riggs spent time with Dr. Berger, as part of #MusicInOurSchoolsMonth, talking about his professional journey and discussed the role music plays in the greater ecosystem of education in the U.S. and abroad.