by Anthony Mazzocchi | Jan 11, 2016 | Building Support / Advocacy, Recruitment and Retention
For the first time ever, music is now cited in federal statute as a stand-alone subject in schools.The timing could not be better. After all, provision for the arts in school curricula should be a no-brainer requirement of a well-rounded education....
by Anthony Mazzocchi | Nov 30, 2015 | Building Support / Advocacy
I believe we are sitting on the precipice of whole school reform in our country. Standardized testing has hit a tipping point; schools are still far behind when it comes to teaching critical twenty-first century skills; and there is a growing divide between the haves...
by Anthony Mazzocchi | May 19, 2015 | Building Support / Advocacy
I have spent many years visiting public schools throughout our nation, and most times I see the same thing: students hard at work. There is always lots of work going on in our schools, and with the increased emphasis on meeting national and state standards...
by Anthony Mazzocchi | May 5, 2015 | Arts Integration / STEAM, Building Support / Advocacy
Our nation has been deeply committed to closing the achievement gap that exists in our education system for almost 15 years. Achievement gaps occur when one group of students outperforms another group and the difference in average scores for the two groups is...
by Anthony Mazzocchi | Apr 21, 2015 | Building Support / Advocacy
We have learned more about how the brain works in the last decade than ever before. Even with all the new knowledge we have about how children learn, our schools have been slow to adapt accordingly. In my time as a teacher and administrator, I have often...
