We hear that USA Today's Greg Toppo met a lovely lady today--"Brady Bunch" Mom Florence Henderson. Apparently she joined other celebs and music groups outside the Department of Education to push for more music education in schools. Greg managed to show off his skills by snapping a photo of the event, displayed here on USA Today's The Oval.
Toppo, Toppo, Toppo!
On a tad more serious note, Greg reported that the National Association of Music Education, which allegedly organized the rally, delivered a petition urging that music be recognized as a "core subject" when Congress finally reauthorizes No Child Left Behind. That's an interesting proposal, though we're not entirely sure what that would look like.
What do you think? (And how many Brady references are in this post?)
And if you're interested in the topic of arts education, ??you??might want to check out the??recently released NAEP Arts report results, which we covered in today's??Gadfly. (Greg covered it too.)