Creative Dissidents: Stop Shortchanging Talented Kids Who Challenge Us

Mark Phillips is a columnist for the Marin Independent Journal and the The Answer Sheet. He has this to say.
"A few years ago I spent time at Eagle Rock School, a wonderful school in Colorado for so-called "at-risk" kids from all over the country. I noticed that many of the best students were highly creative kids with extraordinary leadership, presentation and communication skills. Exploring further, I discovered that many of these same students had been in and out of two or three high schools prior to coming to Eagle Rock; in some cases voluntarily, in some cases not."


http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creative-dissidents-mark-phillips

Creative Kids Drum Workshop

As part of the Taranki International Festival of the Arts http://www.taft.co.nz/artsfest/festival-gem.htmlI have been working with kids in Taranaki schools - that's in New Zealand - making drums.

The workshops have three parts:
1. Making the drum
2. Decorating the drum and
3. Playing the drum

The last workshop from which these pictures come feature students from Coastal Taranaki School.

The drums will be part of a parade that will march through the main street of New Plymouth and will feature 1000 lanterns and 100 drums.

Thanks to all the schools who made this happen and especially thanks to the kids for their great work.