We usher in a new decade with best of/worst of stories, predictive trends, and endless advice on how to make and live up to our New Year’s resolutions. What’s on your list of habits to either embrace or discard? Will you take the stairs?

There comes a time for honest reflection in the life of every arts in education program. Whether your organization or project is just finding its footing or is well-established, we all benefit from turning the lens from an outward programmatic focus to an internal review of organizational health.

Data is a powerful tool for arts ed advocates. Quantifiable data helps to answer the question of need. Decision makers want proof that policy is warranted and dollars are needed.*

Effective arts education programs across the country have garnered a mix of public and private funds to enable their success.

Beginnings are hard. In advocacy work (as in life), sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start.

Let’s assume that most of us are not the final arbiters in making big decisions that affect our professional lives– unless you’re Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, and I suspect that even they need to take their shareholders into account. We all need others for input and agreement to advance our vision and ideas. This is especially true in the education arena.