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.
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
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
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Marching in Mardi Gras, a New Orleans school that once struggled shows off
The alumni of a school demolished after Hurricane Katrina rallied to keep it alive after it was taken over by charter operators. A decade later, the school’s marching band is one sign of how far it’s come
COLUMN: Remembering former NYC Schools Chancellor Harold Levy: A champion for children and a real mensch
Levy did many things in life, but most loved being chancellor
OPINION: Trading textbooks for dance?
When emotions can’t be taught on paper