Missouri State Teachers Association

Fashion limits for preschoolers

Recently a preschool in Sweden banned its students from wearing stripes or polka-dots to school per this article.  They cite that the patterns on the clothes cause one of the teachers to develop migraines.  I am no fashion guru or doctor, but it seems to me after working in a classroom (and raising preschoolers) that there could be many other reasons she is getting migraines.  What do you think?

Learn History Through Rock-and-Roll

     "Rock-and-roll is a uniquely American art form.  We receive emotional information as well as intellectual information from it."

     So says Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.  In fact, he is working with the National Association of Music Education to develop curriculum that ties the music genre to our nation's history.  He implies traditional music programs (choir, band, and orchestra) aren't all that's needed to demonstrate the importance music has played upon American culture.

     Would students take this curriculum seriously, though?