Michael Kaiser, CEO of the Kennedy Center, asked an important question of nonprofit educational organizations last week: What can we do for a single child (multiplied eventually by thousands) from pre-K to 12? Imagine that an arts organization (or maybe a partnership) could tell a parent, a PTA, or a funder about the programs – pre kindergarten through twelfth grad – for little Johnnie or Sally. Imagine a system of learning for a child throughout his and her student years, was his important point to consider point.

Since Mr. Kaiser arrived in Washington he’s begun a real effort to share his own considerable management expertise and that of the Kennedy Center. www.artsmanager.org