Articles By and About Jon Schwartz
Jon Schwartz writes about using music, the arts, and technology to get kids hooked on learning academics. His articles have been published in EdSource, Education Week, and Edutopia. His work has also been the subject of numerous articles and features including The US Dept. of Education’s Teaching Matters newsletter. He is also a fishing writer and photographer whose work has been featured in Nat Geo TV and over ten magazines and coffee table books.
A Bilingual Teacher’s Fishing, Photography, Singing, Travel, Writing, and Curriculum!
Now that’s a fish, Jon! Teaching Traveling: Get excited, because this interview contains one of … Read More
US Department of Education
Jon Schwartz, a second grade teacher in California, turns the music of the blues into a thematic teaching … Read More
National Association for Music Education
Teachers looking to set their students down the “Royal Road to Americana”, in the words of … Read More
EdSource (Author Jon Schwartz)
When I tell people I use the performing arts to teach my second grade students, they … Read More
American Blues Scene
Teacher Jon Schwartz started a phenomenally engaging teaching experience using blues music. His kids learn everything … Read More
Edutopia (Author Jon Schwartz)
When I started playing blues songs for my first grade students, I never imagined I was … Read More
San Diego Union Tribune
In Jonathan Schwartz’s classroom at Garrison Elementary School in Oceanside, Johnny Cash teaches geography, Hank Williams … Read More
Education Week
Meet Jon Schwartz and his creative work using the blues to teach just about everything. Jon, … Read More
