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NOVEMBER 13, 2016
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So allow me to step on my music advocacy soapbox (we call them conducting podiums) and illuminate both why and how you can support music in our schools. March is Music in Our Schools Month. Since ancient Greece, music has been an important area of study.
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AUGUST 12, 2017
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FEBRUARY 15, 2017
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MAY 20, 2015
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
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JULY 7, 2015
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APRIL 30, 2016
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JUNE 25, 2010
Advocacy in Education is so important.now more than ever. The following is from Hilary Goldmann, ISTE’s Director of Government Affairs : "Once again we have a dynamic line-up of advocacy activities at ISTE2010!! Collecting success stories at the Advocacy Lounge Wiki.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2010
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MAY 13, 2016
Advocacy Communication Community engagement Literacy principal as an advocate Reading nonfiction summer slideEvery year we purchase reading tote bags for all of our students. On one of the last days of the school year, we allow students to check out up to ten (10) books to take home and read.
Reading By Example
MAY 13, 2016
Reading Community principal as an advocate Advocacy engagement Literacy Communication nonfiction summer slideEvery year we purchase reading tote bags for all of our students. On one of the last days of the school year, we allow students to check out up to ten (10) books to take home and read.
Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous
FEBRUARY 11, 2017
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JANUARY 7, 2017
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Reading By Example
MAY 29, 2015
Advocacy Community Leadership budget higher education K-12 privitization Scott Walker Valerie StraussThis has been a rocky week for Wisconsin teachers and administrators. That’s saying something, in the era of Governor Scott Walker and a very polarizing debate around public education.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
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