Children’s learning improves across all areas when they get the chance to make and appreciate art. Shutterstock There were three keynote addresses at an education conference I attended recently. Each ...
There is broad acknowledgment that schools are playing catch-up as we head into the 21st century. Technology and resulting innovation are rapidly changing our culture, making it imperative that ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate Cassada shares and makes sense of K-12 education practices. In this discussion, organizations that bring the arts to children ...
Art is playing a major role in changing how we learn. It equips creativity, problem-solving skills, and adaptability in students, equipping them to thrive in our intricate contemporary world. As we ...
Georgia State University’s (GSU) Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) ...
A teenager learning arts tech. Source: The Nigmatic/ Unsplash Adolescence is a critical period of development characterized by numerous challenges and transitions. During this time, young individuals ...
“Arts are a part of who our students are, who people are,” said Kara May, the director of Art in Motion (AIM), a new school opening on Chicago’s South Side this fall. The arts encourage creative ...
Arts education is often an afterthought in schools, but Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thinks ...
Students in the arts-integrated life science class drew animal and plant cells to understand the structures within. Source: Mariale Hardiman/Johns Hopkins University Fifth-grade students who created ...
First-year students take the Foundation Studio Core curriculum, along with core Art History (AH) and Liberal Arts (LAS) courses, and begin the major curriculum in the fall of the second year. While ...