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: 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
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
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A summer program uses the arts to combat the achievement gap
In Baltimore, public schools hide math and literacy instruction in a summer arts academy
How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater
A program founded by a former Broadway star is part of a growing movement to introduce students to theater at younger ages
TEACHER VOICE: How hip-hop erased these young students’ unfair, bad rap
Making it cool to be kind