[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Voice, Choice, and Access: The Outcomes of Inclusive Arts Education
Note: This article originally appeared in the Creative Spirit, a newsletter published by VSA arts.
Central to VSA arts’ mission is understanding the impact of quality, inclusive, arts-based instruction for students with disabilities. Through extensive interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations involving teachers, teaching artists, and others from education and the arts, we are documenting the benefits of involvement with the arts for students with disabilities. Several key themes are emerging around voice, choice, and access. Essential knowledge and skills associated with social, artistic, and academic growth are woven into these key themes. These themes also provide a comprehensive way to understand student achievement across ages, abilities, and subjects.
About Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
