| OMA IN THE NEWS.........
TUSD expert is go-to guy when tubas, flutes go bad - Arizona Daily Star (7/1/08) Profiles in Retirement (Gene Jones Article) - *The Wall Street Journal (2/16/08) The Pied Piper of Tucson (Gene Jones) - The Arizona Republic (9/12/07) The Purpose Prize Winners (Gene Jones) - Civic Ventures (9/4/07) TUSD Budget Takes Step In Right Direction - Arizona Daily Star (7/13/07) Rincon High School Student Wins Musical Honor - Arizona Daily Star (7/13/07) $500K Going Into TUSD Arts Program - Arizona Daily Star (7/11/07) How the Arts Make Kids Smarter - Tucson Citizen - Guest Opinion by Shirley Kiser and Mary Belle McCorkle (7/9/07) TUSD Earns Plaudit for Arts Program - Arizona Daily Star (5/11/07) Local Heros - Gene Jones - Tucson Weekly (12/21/06) TUSD Arts Program in National Study - Tucson Citizen (10/30/06) "Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America" - MENC (3/30/06) School smARTS - TUSD's Creativity Program Gains National Notice - Tucson Citizen (11/15/05) Howell's Art Program Receives National Honors - Arizona Daily Star (11/15/05) Teacher-to-Teacher Workshops - U.S. Dept. of Education (6/05) Elementary Opera: Kids Rise to the Occaision - Tucson Citizen (5/4/05) Arts Education: Improving Students' Academic Performance - U.S. Dept. of Education News Parents Can Use TV Show (3/15/05) Putting Arts Education Front and Center - Education Week (1/26/05) Study: Test Scores Improve When Arts Offered - Tucson Citizen (1/07/05) TUSD's Opening Minds through the Arts Wins Grants, Needs More - Tucson Citizen (12/10/04) Curtain Call - neatoday (11/2004) Letter to Superintendents from Rod Paige, Education Secretary - U. S. Dept. of Education (7/2004) Schools Cannot Afford Not to Have The Fine Arts - *The Arizona Republic (3/23/04) Curricula Get Aesthetic Boost - The Salt Lake Tribune (3/22/04) Tucson Program A Model for State - The Arizona Republic (3/21/04) Opening Minds through the Arts Uses Music and Dance to Raise Student Achievement - The Education Innovator (1/26/04) Horne Lauds TUSD, Marana Mid School - Arizona Daily Star (1/8/04) State of Education Address - More Arts Study Coming - Tucson Citizen (1/08/04) Horne Decries 'Testing Culture' - Arizona Daily Star (1/06/04) Music Enhances Learning for Kids - *Arizona Daily Star (12/14/03) Better Music = Better Grades - *Tucson Citizen (11/29/03) Grades Hit Higher Note - Tucson Citizen (11/20/03) Piling On Demands or Producing Better Readers? - Teaching Music (8/2003) New Music Program - Instrumental in Kids' Success - *Tucson Lifestyle Magazine (11/2002) *Article is not available through on-line archives. |