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Flexible pathways to graduation in Vermont energize museum-school partnerships
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogI gave a shout-out to Vermont museums last September, asking them “wassup” with new legislation in their state giving students the right to personal learning plans. Nina Ridhibhinyo wrote … -
Back to School: Museum Studies Programs During Tough Times
Category: Museum MagazineThis article originally appeared in the January/February 2012 edition of the Museum magazine. When the economy took a nose dive in fall 2008, I heard more than one person reference … -
What Can Museums Learn from the Harvard Business School?
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogJoy’s law: no matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else. (Attributed to Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy.) I’m pleased to see the registrations … -
Bridges from School to Work
Category: Center for the Future of Museums BlogThis week’s guest blog post is by Kelly Pavich, employee representative and trainer at the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, established in 1989 by the family of J. Willard … -
Top Ten Takeaways from the Museums & Schools: The LA Convening
Category: Alliance BlogGreetings, and Happy New Year! This is Sage Morgan-Hubbard and Megan Lantz from AAM writing to share some of our top takeaways from Museums & Schools: The LA Convening. AAM co-hosted … -
A Museum-School Partnership: Why It’s Important & How It Works
Category: Alliance BlogEllen Balkin is the Education Manager and Suzanna Ritz is the Curriculum Coordinator for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. By all accounts, the educational landscape of New Orleans has … -
Selling When We Should Be Investing
Category: Education & InterpretationWhen I was a classroom teacher, I assumed that a field trip would never be worth it: not worth the money my school didn’t have, nor the time I didn’t have, nor the learning my students … -
Alliance Road Trip Will Gather Stories from Museums and Schools in Southeast
Category: Press ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2017 ARLINGTON, VA–New, innovative, and even disruptive models for museum-school partnerships are the object of a 13-day, 10-city road trip by two fellows … -
National Museum Publishing Seminar (NMPS) and the University of Chicago Graham School
The National Museum Publishing Seminar is the only program of its kind in the world: a conference by and for museum publishing professionals, widely defined: freelancers, firms, and … -
Supporting Schools & Educators as a Cultural Organization
Category: COVID-19Across the country, school districts are beginning to reopen for fall, many in virtual and hybrid formats. Concurrently, museums and cultural organizations are striving to create …