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October 10, 2005

Music and Arts Education Enters Prop 74 debate in California

Who would have thought music education would enter the battle over prop 74 in California. Well it has. This is the Mercury News (San Jose) analysis of the ad:

_ Title: "Stop Playing."

_ Length: 30 seconds.

_ Airing: Began Tuesday in major markets.

Dominant image: Stephanie Floyd-Smith, seventh-grade teacher, sitting in a classroom, speaking directly to the camera, cuts to parent Renee Smith, standing in front of a playground.

Script:

Teacher: "Gov., you've already broken your promises on education. Now you're sponsoring Proposition 74, a ballot measure that allows one principal to fire a teacher without giving a reason, or even a hearing, without doing anything to improve teacher training.

Parent: "Parents like me are voting no on Prop. 74 to send the governor a message: Stop playing politics with our schools, and get to work on smaller class sizes, up-to-date textbooks and restoring music and art classes, the things our kids really need."

Now... if only they woud get serious about "restoring music and art classes.

Full story:

AP Wire | 10/05/2005 | Governor's campaign asks stations to pull anti-74 ads

Posted by musicforall at October 10, 2005 8:34 PM

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