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The Future Starts with Early Childhood

By Lori Valente Coffey

In 2010, as an elementary art teacher, I was surprised to find myself in awe of early learners. I hadn’t realized how important being exposed to art and museums was for little children. I didn’t fully realize that the brain grows 90% in …
Exploring Art Museum Education and Community Well-being

By Christine Pace

After completing my B.A. in art education, I did what many recent graduates do- I explored. I felt the need to keep learning, so I stepped outside the cinderblock walls of public school and into the open, marble structure of the art …
Navigating Your Museum Career: Educators at the Intersection of Disciplines

By Alli Hartley

When I was applying for graduate school in museum education, I remember being asked as part of the interview where I saw the degree taking me. At that point in my life, I was confident that my career would follow the exact trajectory that …
Sometimes to find the future, you have to learn from our past…

By Sage Morgan Hubbard

ELLA’S SONG “We who believe in freedom cannot rest We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes Until the killing of black men, black mothers’ sons Is as important as the killing of white men, white mothers’ sons That which touches …
Building the Future of Education

By Elizabeth Merritt

Click to Download the Report In September 2013, over four dozen educational policy experts, practitioners, funders, education innovators, reformers, student activists and others shaping the conversation about U.S. education converged on …

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