Arts Education

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Curriculum Opinion Learning That Resonates
Creative writing teacher Melissa Hart writes that the challenge to cultivate balanced minds is being stifled as funding for science and athletics comes at the expense of arts programs.
Melissa Hart, May 2, 2006
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4 min read
A scene from <i>Whale Rider</i>
Curriculum A Whale-Riding Lesson
(Excerpted from Activity 3, Lesson 6—“General Cross-Cultural Understanding”—in Journeys in Film’s curricular materials for the movie)
March 1, 2006
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1 min read
Jo Nell Seifert's school drama club received a bequest of $980,000 from retired business woman Kay Porter. But discussions about how to handle the windfall have been contentious.
Jo Nell Seifert's school drama club received a bequest of $980,000 from retired business woman Kay Porter. But discussions about how to handle the windfall have been contentious.
Michael Buckner
Curriculum Political Theater
In a Missouri town, a $980,000 bequest from a local benefactor prompts questions about who ultimately controls private donations to public schools.
Lani Harac, September 30, 2005
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16 min read
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Margaret Booth
Curriculum Opinion Taking Arms Against Doubt
A public-television program offers an illuminating look at the work of teacher Rafe Esquith, writes Ronald Thorpe.
Ronald Thorpe, August 30, 2005
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7 min read
Curriculum Reporter's Notebook State Policymakers Hear Strong Case for Arts Education
The Education Commission of the States’ annual conference in Denver last month included a variety of plenary sessions in which the group’s leaders and other speakers advocated ways for policymakers to integrate the performing and other arts into efforts to improve learning.
David J. Hoff, July 26, 2005
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4 min read
As classmates pass by, a student strikes third position at the barre during a ballet class at the Northwest Florida Ballet Academie in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
As classmates pass by, a student strikes third position at the barre during a ballet class at the Northwest Florida Ballet Academie in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
David Kidd/Teacher Magazine
School & District Management Researchers Design New Ways to Gauge Arts Spillover
Researchers say the old “Mozart makes you smarter” studies asked the wrong questions and used measurements too narrow to capture arts learning’s full range of benefits.
Debra Viadero, June 7, 2005
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5 min read
Brooke Haycock plays an education school dean, one of 16 characters she portrays in her one-woman show "Six Degrees of Preparation."
Brooke Haycock plays an education school dean, one of 16 characters she portrays in her one-woman show "Six Degrees of Preparation."
Sevans/Education Week
Curriculum ‘Much Ado About Teaching’: Actress Looks Behind the Data
Brooke Haycock, the artist-in-residence for the Education Trust, portrays the human dimensions of education policy and practice through her one-woman shows.
Erik W. Robelen, June 7, 2005
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5 min read
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Curriculum ECS Wants to Put Arts Back on States’ High-Priority List
The Education Commission of the States is urging state legislatures to take a more active role in ensuring that an arts education is provided to K-12 students.
Joetta L. Sack, April 12, 2005
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3 min read
Curriculum Opinion Arts Education: Not All Is Created Equal
Though more recent studies show a link between arts study and achievement gains, advocates Nick Rabkin & Robin Redmond wonder what the evidence tell us about how and why arts education has positive effects on student achievement?
Nick Rabkin & Robin Redmond, April 12, 2005
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7 min read
Eighth graders fine tune a virtual dance they choreographed.
Eighth graders, from left, Trey Motley, Hannah Bowen, Blaire Zachary, and Michael Smith fine-tune a virtual dance they choreographed to match a live performance they're rehearsing.
Photograph by Sara D. Davis
Curriculum The Virtual Stage
Arts teachers are integrating computer software with traditional instruction in dance, music, theater, and visual arts to spark students’ creativity.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, March 8, 2005
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10 min read
Curriculum Opinion Putting Arts Education Front and Center
As a nation, we must develop children who are productive and happy, not kids who can just pass a test and get through school.
Rod Paige & Mike Huckabee, January 25, 2005
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7 min read
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David Kidd
Curriculum The Art of Testing
Arts educators are pushing for more, not less, standardization.
December 27, 2004
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4 min read
Artist William Thon.
Thon, who grew up visiting museums in New York City, wanted kids in Maine to have easier access to serious art.
Courtesy Midtown Galleries/Midtown Payson Galleries photo archive
Curriculum Off the Wall
A Maine painter’s unusual bequest has put original artwork in the hands of students across the state.
Edgar Allen Beem, October 7, 2004
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9 min read
Curriculum Opinion Academic Atrophy
The liberal arts are being squeezed out of the public school curriculum, write Raymond "Buzz" Bartlett and Claus von Zastrow.
Raymond V. "Buzz" Bartlett & Claus Von Zastrow, April 7, 2004
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7 min read
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