Arts Education
The arts challenge, inspire and enlighten us, yet access to high-quality arts education is uneven and often elusive. We look at the state of arts education around the country and ask what can — and is — being done to improve the caliber and availability of arts programs in our schools.
COLUMN: Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field
Our students must develop tech skills or risk unemployment at the hands of AI
TEACHER VOICE: The problem with my urban music classes? It wasn’t the students, it was me
Four foundations of a music program that serves black and Latino middle-schoolers
STUDENT VOICE: My path to college included an arts internship that infused my life with creativity — and a clerical skill set, too
An apprenticeship in sound design and Shakespeare
OPINION: National Arts in Education Week celebrates the transformative powers of creative skills
A pathway to careers of the future
OPINION: In hip-hop, educators find a bridge to Shakespeare
Rap meets the Renaissance, and what Tupac had to say about the Bard
OPINION: It’s time to change the conversation around music education to its positive impact on student success
How we can integrate arts across all classrooms
OPINION: Music is ‘more than sound’ for students seeking safe spaces, human connections and their own voices
How arts education extends into all areas of life
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OPINION: Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and the magic that happens when students guide their own learning
A British program where youth find that making the music they enjoy can improve math, attendance and inclusion
OPINION: What’s missing in music education? Cultural and social relevance
Teaching 'music where kids are, and with what interests them'
COLUMN: Departure of ‘Fame’ high school principal is victory for arts education and student power
Fight underscores how principals can make or break school culture and why they can be difficult to remove