What do Microsoft and Venezuela have in common?
What next for Sistema?
Still Steamed about STEM (Part 2)
Sistema programs are a declaration of different aspirations, of different values, of a different vision for society
Steamed about STEM – Part 1
This is the perverse logic of the world of STEM.
The Two (Ivory) Towers
If you're an educator trying to lead a Sistema program, here's my suggestion for what to keep in mind.
This is where we flew
How a major research university is playing a role in Sistema internationally
Pictures from a Conducting Exhibition
What’s the point of the extra time on music if we’re not willing to use it differently?
Video Blog – A Transcontinental Connection
Three South Americans reach out across 7000km with extraordinary results
ISME Sistema in Porto Alegre – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
ISME 2014 and the Sistema Special Interest Group have both drawn to their conclusion in Porto Alegre. Here, for your reading enjoyment, are the relative highlights. And the lowlights.
Acarigua – The Legend Continues
This was not the same orchestra. There was a technical and musical assurance, a mental flexibility, a level of intellectual discipline that was evident in every measure they played.
Defying the Evil Empire
Teachers, like publishers, are gatekeepers. Both entities make difficult choices in terms of what content to present, in terms of what perspectives to privilege. But unlike publishers, teachers do not make these choices based on profitability.
Jonathan Andrew Govias 