Arts Education

Curriculum Opinion More Than Movies
Film, art, music—these are cultural building blocks, with the potential to offer students more than they ever thought possible, says Patrick Boyle.
Patrick Boyle, June 25, 2008
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"My Heart Throb" by Liliana Estrada. The arts program for the Chicago public schools includes opportunities for students to show their work in citywide competitions each year.
"My Heart Throb" by Liliana Estrada.<br> The arts program for the Chicago public schools includes opportunities for students to show their work in citywide competitions each year.
Student art courtesy of the All-City Art Exhibition and Chicago Public Schools
Curriculum Districts and Partners Coordinate on Arts Education
Chicago relies on partnerships with local organizations and support from private funders to keep arts education going in the face of budgetary and curricular constraints.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, June 18, 2008
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Curriculum Blog Curriculum Matters
This blog covered news on the common core, literacy, math, STEM, social studies, the arts, and other curriculum and instruction topics.
June 9, 2008
Curriculum Digital Approach to Art Ed. Gains Momentum
Although digital media have become more common in art education, such forms of art are still new and many educators have yet to embrace them.
Katie Ash, June 4, 2008
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Curriculum Student Moviemakers
Because of user-friendly video-editing programs and Web 2.0 technologies, digital video has begun to creep into art classrooms across the nation—and the world.
Katie Ash, June 4, 2008
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4 min read
Curriculum Insights Gained Into Arts and Smarts
Training in the arts might contribute to improving the general thinking skills of children and adults, a study concludes.
Debra Viadero, March 7, 2008
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Curriculum Opinion Artists as Education Consultants
The arts have the power to show excellent teaching in action, Marcia Daft argues.
Marcia Daft, February 11, 2008
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Curriculum Opinion Why Arts Education Matters
Stephanie Perrin lauds the quality of the intellectual, spiritual, cultural, and professional skills developed by an education in and through the arts.
Stephanie Perrin, January 29, 2008
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Curriculum Arts Education Touted as Key to U.S. Innovation Agenda
A majority of U.S. voters agree that building students’ imaginations is as important as teaching them the academic basics, a poll found.
Andrew Trotter, January 24, 2008
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Curriculum Arts Education Building Steam in L.A. Area Schools
The Arts for All program has expanded to 27 districts serving some 450,000 public school students.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, June 12, 2007
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Curriculum Report Roundup Arts Education
Eighty-nine percent of California's public schools do not offer standards-based courses in dance, music, visual arts, and theater, falling short of state goals set up in 2001 by the California state board of education, a report by SRI International says.
March 13, 2007
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Curriculum Saving the Last Dance
Annie Lindsay, 76, is scared to retire. If she does, Birmingham, Alabama's, last public dance school class may disappear.
Gigi Douban, February 26, 2007
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Curriculum Film School
Using foreign films to teach across the curriculum.
Rich Shea, February 26, 2007
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2 min read
Dana Gioia, reflected in a mirror, tells audience members "we cannot prepare someone to be a productive citizen of a free society if the only thing we do is prepare them for standardized tests."
Dana Gioia, reflected in a mirror, tells audience members "we cannot prepare someone to be a productive citizen of a free society if the only thing we do is prepare them for standardized tests."
Christopher Powers/Education Week
Curriculum Schools Urged to Push Beyond Math, Reading To Broader Curriculum
Reading and math may be getting their due attention under the No Child Left Behind Act, but a lineup of education experts met in Washington last week to argue that the focus of the federal law is not enough to ensure students are receiving a “21st-century education.”
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, December 19, 2006
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