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Local Learning Botkin Lecture
The American Folklife Center's latest Botkin Lecture video features Paddy and Lisa. In "Teaching Culture, Teaching Culturally: The Significance of Folklife Education in the Schools" they present an overview of folklore in K-12 education in the U.S. They also discuss...
New York CCC showcases announced!
Culture, Community, and the Classroom workshop explores culturally responsive, engaged learning through local traditional arts. It introduces concepts of cultural identity and opportunities to practice ethnographic research skills such as interviewing, note taking,...
A Cause for Celebration
We recently asked a very special group of individuals, “Do you remember where you were 30 years ago?” Because at Local Learning, we did. In 1993, the Folk Arts in Education Roundtable held at the National Endowment for the Arts explored the intersections of folk arts...
2023 June News
Read our spring quarterly e-bulletin with updates about summer professional development, news from the field, and our reveal of the 2023-2028 Strategic Plan for Local Learning. Read it here!
New Job Posting from Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology
The University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology seeks a museum educator to develop and implement a variety of high-quality, engaging, and innovative educational and public programs that reflect the Museum’s mission, collections, and exhibitions. The programs...
Announcing our 2023-2028 Strategic Plan
In 2019 the Local Learning board and staff met in Baltimore, MD, to think, work, and dream together as a part of a strategic planning process. We drafted a three-year plan that shaped the dynamic ways that Local Learning could strategically continue to nurture and...
Teaching with Folk Sources at HistoryMiami Museum
HistoryMiami Museum (HMM) will facilitate a section of a teacher professional development workshop that will focus on Cuban immigration curriculum content. This workshop is part of a larger multi-day event for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Teachers will work with...
New Teaching with Folk Sources workshops announced in Vermont
Presentations and Workshops are planned throughout the spring and summer. Check back here for updates and new offerings. Monday, August 21, 2023 | Barre, Vermont at the Vermont History Center One-day professional learning worksho for educators about teaching with...
2023 March News
Our first quarter news bulletin has information about our growing network. Read more at http://icont.ac/4PKrL Fittingly, this latest newsletter is reaching you as we kick off spring and the growing season. Local Learning has been growing, too, and we're excited to...
See Local Learning at NAEA
The LL Board will be well represented at the National Art Education Association conference in San Antonio April 13-15. Board members Doug Blandy and Flavia Bastos, Lisa Rathje, and Paddy Bowman each have concurrent sessions. For an Artist Showcase that will be video...
Hudson Field Trip 2023
Culture, Community, and the Classroom: Field Trip to Hudson Saturday, April 29, 9am-3pm Hudson Area Library, Hudson, NY Occupational culture contributes to sense of place, history, and aesthetics. This 6-hour interactive, hands-on workshop offers...
Capital Region Primary Sources Workshop 2023
Culture, Community, and the Classroom: Teaching with Primary Sources Wednesday, April 19, 3:30-6:30pm Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY In this workshop, middle- and high-school educators will learn how to teach using primary sources drawn from their...
CCC Binghamton 2023
Culture, Community, and the Classroom Wednesday and Thursday, July 12-13, 8:30am-3pm BOCES Glenwood Rd. Campus, Binghamton NY Local Learning’s 6th annual New York Culture, Community, and the Classroom workshop explores culturally responsive, engaged learning...
CCC Albany 2023
Culture, Community, and the Classroom Monday and Tuesday, July 10-11, 9am-3pm Sand Creek Middle School, Albany, NY 12205 Local Learning’s 6th annual New York Culture, Community, and the Classroom workshop explores culturally responsive, engaged learning through local...
2022 Annual Report Released
As we reflect upon 2022, I want to offer a few numbers to introduce this Annual Report. 17 articles were published...