Indoctrination is not education, yet so-called “schools” throughout the colonial history of the United States and Canada have had a … More
Category: Education
Artfully Assessing an American Education
What is an American education? Because of our vast geocultural landscape, imperialism, colonialism and partisan driven policies, the answers are … More
A Brief History of Children’s Art Exhibitions
The display and contextualization of youth created art has a stable and wide ranging foundation in art pedagogy and museology. … More
Artful Asylum
Struggling with mental health can significantly affect how an individual develops and functions at school, home and within the community. … More
What’s in a book?
A children’s book reaches iconic proportions when it maintains a lasting intergenerational admiration. Several well read children’s books have been … More
Made in America
As diverse as the United States of America is, our recording and presenting of its history is not nearly as … More
Character Education
A popular saying is that the best laid-plans often go awry. Despite how carefully we plan for something, there are … More
Book smART
“Art makes us smart.” That phrase has become a personal mantra, which I picked up as I developed greater understandings … More
Cropping Bias from the Cultural Canon
In 1939, Frida Kahlo divorced her husband Diego Rivera. As Mexico’s leading painters, they had been modern art’s power couple … More
Baya Mahieddine’s Artful Expressions of Intersectional Identity
Pablo Picasso is attributed to have said “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist … More
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