... and there's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaason to belieeeeeeeeve, maybe NEXT year NCLB will FINALLY get reauthorized! la la la!Grr. Charlie Brown is accurately representing how I feel about NCLB's chances of getting reauthorized anytime soon (shameless plug: see the latest MENC Legislative Memo for more on this!)
Anyways, afternoon, music education lovers!!
I hope that everyone is doing well on this lovely, but chilly (at least here in the Commonwealth) Friday! 'Tis officially the season!! MENC is full of holiday cheer! This week, each staff member received a lovely mini holiday tree for our desks, complete with bulbs and little snowmen! I'm extremely excited for my tree, but also TERRIFIED of killing it (much like the plants in my office which HLS swooooooooooore that she would help me take care of), so i'm definitely soliciting "tree care" advice!
I do music education advocacy people, horticulturist I am not.
In addition to the holiday trees, this has been an exciting week here at MENC for other reasons as well! I spent some more time on Capitol Hill discussing the new music education Harris Poll results and our legislative recommendations for NCLB with a number of congressional staffers. It's absolutely critical that we continue to take full advantage of the Harris Poll's impact and publicity in order to remind Reps and Senators that if and when they finally, FINALLY decide to tackle NCLB again, music education should be at the top of their lists (no Christmas pun intended)!!
It's also been a good week for the Government Relations & Outreach Department because the braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand new MENC Legislative Memo is out! Woohoo! Be sure to check it out when you get a chance--if you're a subscriber, it should be in your e-mail already!
HLS and SKJ have been hard at work this week as well, HLS playing congressional scheduler, setting up and coordinating meetings with Hill offices and preparing leave behind materials for me, and SKJ researching away on the new MusicFriends newsletter and working on various other important outreach projects. We're a busy bunch indeed!
Well, that's all for now gang! Enjoy the festive spirit and snow (if you've got it already where you are!, if you're somewhere warm... well, then we're jealous!)
And now... here are the Friday...
"Government Relations & Outreach Department Album Picks of the Week!!!"
SKJ: Josh Groban - Noel
HLS: Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 3
CBLW: Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas
