New Book Helps Parents Guide Children to Survive Middle School Years
by Christina Mancuso - January 28, 2014 Middle school is not just challenging, both for adolescents and their parents and guardians, it is also that stage of a child's K-12 education when the risk of developing poor academic, social and coping skills that can impact future educational success is very high. Joseph Adegboyega-Edun is a prof...
LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL Announces 5 Finalists in 'Top Teacher Search'
by Caryn Robbins - April 16, 2013 This morning on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael," host Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Peter Facinelli announced the five exemplary educators chosen as finalists for "LIVE's Top Teacher Search," who will be featured on-air during the week of April 29 - May 3, 2013....
THE WEB Plays Bakehouse Theatre, Now thru Nov 2
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2013 Travis is headstrong and confident, with the world at his feet. Fred is shy, isolated and dealing with the death of his father. When Travis takes Fred under his wing to help him with a social studies assignment, it triggers an intriguing chain of events that ends in a vicious attack. As the police i...
Maritz and the Arts and Education Council Announce $30,000 in Grants
by Courtnie Mele - January 23, 2014 Maritz, in collaboration with the Arts and Education Council, announced today that it has awarded $30,000 in grants to eight arts education projects in the St. Louis bi-state area through the award-winning Maritz Arts and Education Fund for Teachers. Maritz and the Arts and Education Council partner...
Tony Winner Leslie Uggams Takes Part in First Grade Theatre Study at P.S. 212 Today
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2013 Legendary Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and recording artist Leslie Uggams takes part in the First Grade Theatre Study program at P.S. 212 (Midtown West School at 328 W 48th Street) today, Monday, November 18 at 1 p.m. The Study, part of the school's social studies curriculum, was sta...
VIDEO: Radiation City at Austin's 'Cathedral of Junk'
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2013 The Portland quintet Radiation City recently teamed up with GoPro to create a spectacular live video shot at Austin's famed Cathedral of Junk. Vince Hanneman, the self-proclaimed 'Junk King,' sets the scene as Radiation City plays two live songs from Animals In The Median: 'Lark' and 'Foreign Bodies...
Oakland Youth Orchestra Opens Season with Tchaikovsky, Wagner & More, 11/2
by Christina Mancuso - September 20, 2013 Oakland Youth Orchestra will open its 50th anniversary season November 2 and 3 with a concert featuring two young soloists who are the winners of the Youth Orchestra's annual Concerto Competition, Artistic Director and Conductor Michael Morgan has announced. Flutist Hallie Jo Gist, age 17, will perf...
Canton Symphony Orchestra's SymphonyLand Series Finale Features BEAR WANTS MORE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2014 While bear is calling for 'more,' the Canton Symphony Orchestra will complete its SymphonyLand series tonight, March 26 and the 29th....
Centaur Theatre Announces 2014-2015 Season
by Courtnie Mele - March 13, 2014 Artistic and Executive Director Roy Surette is proud to reveal his captivating and adventurous line-up for Centaur Theatre's 2014-2015 Season. Consisting of inspiring and timely contemporary works by local, national and international playwrights, the new season promises something for everyone....
Pushcart Players Announce 2012-13 Season in NJ, NY, PA and CT
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2012 Pushcart Players, the Verona, New Jersey based professional theatre company for young audiences has announced its season of theatre productions and arts in education programs that will be available to schools, performing arts centers and community centers in the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania an...
James Edwards Jr. Releases A TIME FOR SOLDIERS
by Christina Mancuso - September 03, 2013 War, once begun, is butchery. What is it like to march and die? Author James Edwards Jr. answers this question in a rousing historical account of the Civil War from antebellum America to its full scale bloodshed in his debut book titled A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey Volume 1. In this volu...
Pushcart Players Announce 2012-13 Season in NJ, NY, PA and CT
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2012 Pushcart Players, the Verona, New Jersey based professional theatre company for young audiences has announced its season of theatre productions and arts in education programs that will be available to schools, performing arts centers and community centers in the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania an...
Pushcart Players Announce 2012-13 Season in NJ, NY, PA and CT
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2012 Pushcart Players, the Verona, New Jersey based professional theatre company for young audiences has announced its season of theatre productions and arts in education programs that will be available to schools, performing arts centers and community centers in the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania an...
Scholastic Announces Release of GUIDED READING NONFICTION FOCUS: SECOND EDITION
by BWW News Desk - December 16, 2013 NEW YORK, Dec.16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Scholastic(SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced the release of Guided Reading Nonfiction Focus: Second Edition, for K-6 reading instruction. Built for the Common Core State Standards, the program includes a new coll...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Launches 21-City US Tour
by Kelsey Denette - January 18, 2013 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world's most popular dance companies, will embark on a 21-city US tour from January 30 through May 19th. Following record-breaking performances in New York City that brought full houses to their feet, Ailey's second season led by Robert Battl...
'Academic Enhancement Tools' Examines Corporate Philosophy in Education
by Christina Mancuso - January 15, 2014 What can schools, families and businesses learn from each other to ensure student employability?...
Kathryn Hulings Releases LIFE WITH A SUPERHERO: Raising Michael Who Has Down Syndrome
by Christina Mancuso - August 08, 2013 This powerful, funny and heartwarming story begins over twenty years ago in a small Israeli town, where a desperate mother told a remarkable lie. She told her friends and family that her newborn child had died. That lie became the catalyst for the unfolding truth of the adoption of that same baby—Mi...
YA-friendly Interactive Story-based History Book, BEWARE MADAME LA GUILLOTINE, Hits iBookstores Worldwide This Week
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2013 A new, truly revolutionary offering arrives in iBookstores worldwide on February 6, 2013. Beware Madame la Guillotine: The French Revolution with Charlotte Corday (USD $4.99, Time Traveler Tales) is the first in a series of first-person accounts told by historical figures whose actions helped shape ...
Columbia University to Adopt El Diario/La Prensa's Photo Archive, 9/17
by Molly Tracy - September 18, 2013 El Diario/La Prensa on its 100th Anniversary Celebration has partnered with Columbia University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library to preserve over 5,000 of its archival photographs....
The Canton Symphony Orchestra's SymphonyLand Series Finale Features BEAR WANTS MORE, 3/26,29
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2014 While bear is calling for “more,” the Canton Symphony Orchestra will complete its SymphonyLand series on March 26 and 29....
Canton Symphony Orchestra Presents SymphonyLand Series, 1/15, 1/18
by BWW News Desk - January 07, 2014 While the Common Core curriculum topic continues to be a hot debate around the country, the Canton Symphony Orchestra (CSO) believes there's little to be discussed when it comes to including arts in an educational setting: they know arts education works....
Fox Cities P.A.C. & Appleton Area School District to Offer Arts Workshops
by Tyler Peterson - October 04, 2013 The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will again team up with the Appleton Area School District to offer Wisconsin educators the opportunity to take part in professional development workshops centered around the arts. In 2012, the Center and AASD were selected to participate in the John F. Kennedy ...
UMS Honors Washtenaw Technical Middle College and Kristi Bishop as DTE Energy Foundation School and Educator of the Year
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2014 The University Musical Society (UMS) is pleased to honor Washtenaw Technical Middle College as the 2014 DTE Energy Foundation School of the Year and Bach Elementary School Music Teacher Kristi Bishop as the 2014 DTE Energy Foundation Educator of the Year. Both recipients were nominated through a pub...
Family Performance of AUSTIN THE UNSTOPPABLE Premieres at George Street Playhouse Today, 11/3
by BWW News Desk - November 03, 2012 George Street Playhouse's Educational Touring Theatre will present a performance of the world premiere musical Austin the Unstoppable, by Barry Wyner and Daniel Israel, today, November 3 at 2 pm. The performance is geared toward students in grades 3-8 and lasts approximately 60 minutes, including a ...
TEACHING CHANNEL PRESENTS Premieres on WLIW & Thirteen Today, 9/23
by TV News Desk - September 23, 2012 TEACHING CHANNEL PRESENTS returns this fall to public television stations with new weekly one-hour episodes addressing critical issues facing educators today. Launched in 2011,Teaching Channel Presents is an unprecedented series that opens up classroom doors and showcases inspiring teaching across ... |
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