Notes from a Musical Nonprofit
A longtime Los Angeles Unified School District teacher with a proclivity for music, Griffin regularly wove music and performing arts into his lessons to grab students’ attention and reinforce core content standards. He penned clever songs covering everything from the American Revolution to zoology.
Can we prove this works? Why yes, we can.
When we launched GriffinEd in 2012, we needed some data to support our mission. A HUGE thank you to Ms. Campa and all the teachers at Kingsley Elementary who participated. … Read More
GriffinEd: First Year
With the school year drawing to a close, I look around and find my head spinning a bit as I realize it was one year ago this week that I … Read More
Aaaaaaand we’re up!
I feel like I’ve just given birth to a new baby named GriffinEd.org. Before we start actively promoting this new site, I really need your feedback! Please take the site … Read More
Happy Earth Day
I just did a show at an Earth Day celebration in Tarzana. Great fun! All that information about the environment reminded me of a discussion from a while back on … Read More
Some Thoughts on Writing (a rather long post)
Lately I’ve been doing more writing workshops than shows, so this rather long post is mostly for my writer friends. I’m working on a formal write-up of my songwriting workshops … Read More
I’m right here… aren’t I?
Last December I did a show for an annual gathering of the National Science Teachers’ Association in Phoenix, Arizona. Some teachers from the Phoenix suburb of Glendale liked it enough
Enter the Bearded Dragon
A little over a year ago, there was a guy who apparently thought he knew enough about bearded dragons to successfully breed them for money, so he put a male … Read More
Convention Report: GAFilk
A while back I had an email from Larry Niven. He had been invited to be a guest at GAFilk, a music convention in Atlanta. He was allowed to bring … Read More
Happy New Year
Welcome to 2013! I’ve been relaxing with family and friends in Sun Valley, Idaho, but after successfully avoiding work for a few weeks I’m getting ready to head back to … Read More