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Angie/Mrs.Dottie

Angie/Mrs.Dottie
Certified Art Teacher

Angie Villa (Mrs. Dottie)

I am a mom, art teacher, visual artist and musician from Allentown, PA. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Studio Art from Moravian College, and Teaching Certification in Art Education from Kutztown University. I taught Elementary and Middle School Art in the Allentown School District for seven years. After taking time off to raise a child, I am now substitute teaching and teaching as an artist in residence in public schools. I am a faculty member at The Baum School of Art where I teach an art class for children ages 4-6.

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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The arts are essential to the school curriculum.

The arts are essential to the school curriculum.
Art, music, PE, library, social studies, and recess must be mandatory subjects.
Education is not a race with winners and losers.

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My Blog List

  • @ the chalk face
    Deborah Carter: The Reality of #Teaching - Maryland Teacher and member of the Badass Teacher Association, Deborah Carter, summarizes the reasons she teaches. This week, a girl called me a bitch. A m...
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  • GFBrandenburg's Blog
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    7 hours ago
  • NYC Educator
    King Reformy John Makes Yet Another Brilliant Discovery - I've got a little better handle on why King Reformy John decreed that city teachers need to hit 15 of 20 to be effective, while the state says it's only ...
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  • EduShyster
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  • Keystone State Education Coalition
    Pennsylvania Education Policy Roundup for June 19, 2013: Senate Approp. Cmte Chair Corman would consider $350 million Capitol Stock and Franchise tax cut rollback. - *Daily postings from the Keystone State Education Coalition now reach more than 1900 Pennsylvania education policymakers – school directors, administrators...
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  • Children are more than test scores
    It was never about improving public schools - Bruce Fuller (2009) said in *Standardized Childhood*, “This framing accents the importance of building a tidier system, one that incorporates the array o...
    22 hours ago
  • Educational Justice
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  • PRETTY FREAKY
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    Another Breakthrough! Hurrah! - Surprise surprise. Sunday’s NY Times had two very good editorials. More surprising however is that one is about education! “There are many reasons to im...
    2 days ago
  • Thoughts on business, engineering and higher education
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    2 days ago
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    4 days ago
  • Peg with Pen
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  • SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL
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    6 days ago
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    1 week ago
  • Lehigh Valley Somebody
    Judge Robert L. Steinberg spews sore loser racist rant at Andrew Gesslein sentencing - *[UpDated June 19] * Judge *Steinberg:* * *Regarding Michael Randolph’s remorseless killer *Andrew Gesslein, *your only job on June 11, 2013 w...
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    Summer Time and the Living is….. - Summer vacation is just around the corner for most of the nation’s schoolteachers. During the glory days of the teaching profession, this meant two months...
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  • Diary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy
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  • Good Morning Art Teacher
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    2 months ago
  • A Teacher's Fight
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    4 months ago
  • Yong Zhao
    Global Education Leadership: A Graduate Program for Educators and Education Leaders in the Age of Globalization - In my latest book World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students, I list a globalized campus as the context for cultivating globally...
    4 months ago
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    in honor of michelle rhee and her soon to be released memoir. the 3rd edition of michelle rhee - a glossarhee - --> Rheeality: * an existence devoid of facts* Rheeally:* **used to express surprise, interest or doubt as in “RUFKM?” Serheeously!* Rheeap: * to obtain ...
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  • ruralteacher | Just another WordPress.com site
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    6 months ago
  • The Huntington Teacher
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    7 months ago
  • Education Radio
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    7 months ago
  • Living Behind the Gates
    Is the Common Core a Runaway Train? Is it Unstoppable? Let’s Ask Stephen Krashen - The Common Core train has left the station. Is it a runaway train? Is it unstoppable? Americans, get ready. Common Core State Standards have already l...
    11 months ago
  • Leaving Behind the PSSA.
    - We saw Race to Nowhere last night at the State Theatre. Chris and Ted were there and both of them were deeply affected by it. Unfortunately, the members of...
    1 year ago
  • Schools Incorporated?
    Occupy the Department of Education - From March 30th to April 2nd, 2012, United Opt Out National held the "Occupy the Department of Education" rally in front of the DOE building in Washington...
    1 year ago
  • America's Future: The Inside Story
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    1 year ago
  • Mike Archer
    School year begins under a cloud of official dishonesty - *"The system will crunch FCAT data while taking into account factors outside a teacher's control, such as a student's absentee rate." * This lie, or somet...
    1 year ago
  • Bill Villa
    - Hi, thanks for stopping by, *ask to see my newest work.* Contact: 610.428.1253, bill.villa@live.com
    2 years ago
  • Failing Schools
    An introduction, and invitation - My experiences have led me to suspect that failing schools do not continue to exist because they're overrun with bad teachers, but because of the bizarre, ...
    3 years ago
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  • Dissent Magazine - Winter 2011 Issue - Got Dough? How Billion...
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  • Homepage: Susan Ohanian Speaks Out (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
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  • The National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest
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  • Home — Whole Child Education
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  • National Art Education Association
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  • Diane Ravitch Website
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