“Research reveals that 80 per cent of staff in their first seven years in the classroom produced value-added results at or above the expected level. But this fell to 68 per cent for those with between eight and 23 years’ experience and to 59 per cent for those with 24 years or more.”
Tag: 09.29.06
The High Cost Of Keeping Your Recently-Returned Stolen Art
All well and good for people to suggest Maria Altmann ought to have hung on to the Klimt paintings that were stolen from her ancestors by Nazis and recently returned. But “what if Ms. Altmann had decided to hold on to her Klimts? Once Nazi-looted art is restored to its rightful owners, the bills start coming in. Lawyers in some restitution cases may work pro bono, but their costs cannot be waived, and these can quickly pile up.”
Musicians Fail To Collect Royalty Checks For Digital Music
“Washington-based SoundExchange released a list of 9,000 recording artists with unclaimed royalties in what it described as a last-ditch effort to distribute $500,000 worth of checks to the musicians for digital broadcasts dating from the late ’90s. And the clock is ticking: The artists forfeit the money to SoundExchange if they don’t claim it by Dec. 15.”
Davis To Leave Pittsburgh Symphony
Conductor Andrew Davis won’t renew his three-year contract as artistic advisor to the Pittsburgh Symphony. The job was an unusual one for the orchestra. “We are not wedded to this model. It is a new model for an orchestra in America to be trying. We have found parts of it that have been interesting and enlightening and parts that don’t work as well. We will either have to find ways to make it work within the model or work outside of it. We want to do what is best for the artistic future of the organization.”
Blue Men Are Really Blue In Toronto
The Blue Man Group is one of those shows that seems to run forever whereve it plays. But not in Toronto, where the show is closing after a disappointing run. “The backlash from the show’s union difficulties and the sheer age of the property itself are the more likely culprits — and not the same general audience malaise blamed for the early departure of The Lord of the Rings.”
Steve Reich, Homemaker
Steve Reich is 70 this year, and settling into new digs outside of New York. “What do I want? I want people to love the music, not to feel, ‘What, him again?’ It seems that the music is holding up over time. That’s the most gratifying thing.”
Bush To Renominate Gioia To Run NEA
George Bush intends to nominate Dana Gioia for another four-year term as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Hewitt Wins Top Artist Award
Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has been named Gramophone Magazine’s artist of the year. “”Hewitt was competing for the fan choice award against conductors Valery Gergiev and Sir Simon Rattle, cellist Steven Isserlis, soprano Veronique Gens and fellow Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley.”
Boston’s MFA Returns 13 Objects To Italy
“We’re committed to seeing the end of illegal excavations and the illicit trade in archaeological works of art. This is a new era of legality. That’s why it’s very important to see the objects here in Rome.”
Boston Museum Returns Art To Italy
“Obviously, everybody regrets to say goodbye to something from their collections, but the theme to our meetings was to find out what was the right place for the objects. Both sides were looking for the truth.”