By Gloria Ferris, Community Activist and Director, I-Open
Hi, I’m Gloria Ferris, a Director of I-Open and a community activist, a former teacher of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and a concerned citizen for the arts in Ohio.
Arts education in Ohio has just had a blow. Recently, the Ohio State Board of Education agreed to allow art, music and drama to become an ancillary offering by our public school system. |
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This could be a time where Ohio becomes very unattractive as a place to live.
This is a time of great change: the dwindling dollars when we are all looking for that same pot of money to teach the arts. It will be a good time to learn how to collaborate and share our knowledge so that our youth in Ohio will still have a great appreciation for the arts.
, Regional Director, Gloria Ferris The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open) and Community Organization Consultant and Contractor.
Gloria is community change consultant is a former Cleveland Metropolitan School teacher and retired BP oil credit analyst who seeks to change how civic and social organizations work together. Right now, we have a hierarchical (top-down) model in place. Read More... |
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