Funding for the arts in public schools

An advanced program for high-performing students at Boston Public Schools was suspended after district officials determined the program would not promote antiracism due to the disproportionate number of Asian and white students, GBH News reported . The Advanced Work Classes program, which provides an accelerated academic curriculum for students in fourth through sixth grade, will be suspended for one year after Boston Public Schools’ superintendent Brenda Cassellius recommended the school focus on reforming its antiracist policies, according to GBH News . BREAKING: Boston Public Schools suspend advanced classes for grades 4-6 amid concerns of racial inequities: https://t.co/Rplp9IeB0R #BOSEdu #MAEdu #mapoli #bospoli — GBH News (@GBHNews) February 26, 2021 “There’s been a lot of inequities that have been brought to the light in the pandemic that we have to address,” Cassellius said, according to GBH News. “There’s a lot of work we have to do in the … [Read more...] about Boston Public Schools Suspend Advanced Program Because Officials Were ‘Disturbed’ By The Number Of Asian And White Students

Perhaps it is the ethos of hospitality that underpins their business, but despite being one of the hardest hit industries in the current pandemic, folks from Singapore’s food and beverage community keep finding ways to give back . The latest among their initiatives is a charity auction featuring artworks by well-known chefs and bartenders in Singapore. To be held on June 20 at 4pm on Facebook , Perrier’s #LockdownArtists Charity Auction hopes to raise S$10,000 for The Food Bank Singapore through the sale of works by the likes of Janice Wong, Rishi Naleendra, chef-owner of Cloudstreet; Petrina Loh, chef-owner of Morsels; Jorge Conde, head bartender of Smoke & Mirrors; and Naz Arjuna, head bartender of Bitters & Love. As the event’s title suggests, the works of art were created during the circuit breaker by the chefs and bartenders who used the medium as a form of expression during this difficult period. Director of PR company Food News, Ivy Woo, conceived the … [Read more...] about Singapore chefs and bartenders are creating art to raise funds for charity

Painter Guy Stanley Philoche, a star in the New York art world, had wanted to treat himself to a fancy watch after a hugely successful gallery show. Then the pandemic hit, and he feared for all the struggling artists who haven't been so lucky. So he gave up his US$15,000 Rolex dreams and went on a different kind of buying spree, putting out a call on Instagram in late March to any artist anywhere who had creations to sell. The submissions rolled in, hundreds at a time. He’s spent about US$60,000 so far with plans to continue as long as he can, and Philoche's own patrons have taken notice and asked him to make purchases on their behalf as well. “It's about artists helping artists," said the 43-year-old Philoche, who came to America from Haiti with his family at age three, nearly nothing to their names. “I'm not a rich man," he said, "but I owe a big debt to the art world. Art saved my life, and I made a promise to myself that once I made it, to always buy from artists who … [Read more...] about ‘It’s about artists helping artists’: Art world star gives back by buying work of undiscovered

SINGAPORE: The latest Global Innovation Index ranked Singapore as the fifth most innovative country in the world. We come up top in many areas including high-tech manufacturing and high-tech net exports. Tech innovation has propelled Singapore towards realising our ambition of becoming an innovation-based economy, but large foreign multinational corporations (MNCs) have been its primary engine. For the instincts of tech innovation to be woven into the fabric of our economy requires us to groom local innovators – local talent who can create enterprise solutions to local problems that have the potential for international scale. Worldwide, research and development (R&D) activities in small, innovative economies are primarily driven by home-grown companies. In Sweden, local MNCs contribute almost half of total R&D expenses while Nokia contributed close to 50 per cent of R&D expenses in Finland during its prime. As Budget 2019 draws near, the Ministry of … [Read more...] about Commentary: Disruption is coming for Singapore business schools

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