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A new report commissioned by The Wallace Foundation explores the new territory of digital arts.  Below is an excerpt from the Executive Summary: Traditionally in the United States, schools and after-school programs have played a promi-nent part in teaching young...

Dr. Monique Chism, Director of Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs at the U.S. Department of Education, addresses the role of arts education within the Title I, Part A program in a letter sent to Title I State Coordinators. Expanding...

Doug Herbert wrote the following on the US Department of Education blog: The arts are an integral part of a well-rounded education, and a recent school survey by the Department revealed that millions of American students, particularly in high-need schools,...

SPOTLIGHT ON COUNTIES:  COUNTIES ON THE MOVE FOR ARTS LEARNING Knowing that the visual and performing arts contribute to effective schools, the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA), Arts Initiative continues to build capacity for arts education at the...

When arts education providers collaborate with other entities to address broad community goals, they multiply the benefits of arts learning and become more sustainable. That is the thesis of the practical new book, More Than the Sum of Its Parts:...

CA Distinguished Schools Program Reinstitutes Arts Education Category Each year the California Department of Education acknowledges exemplary schools in its “Distinguished Schools” program. For the 2013 program, Superintendent Tom Torlekson has re-instituted its Arts Education category. The inclusion of arts...

The United States Department of Education awarded a grant to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to expand its efforts in arts education and arts integration at the national level. The study of the arts can significantly...

Meet Sandra Sterrenberg She teaches visual arts at the Burt Ranch Elementary School in Trinity County and has been there for 33 years. Sandra graduated in 1967 from DePauw University with a B.A. in arts education and have been teaching...

The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities announced a new Turnaround Arts initiative as a pilot project for eight schools with officials from the White House and U.S. Department of Education. Organizers said they aim to demonstrate research...

Elementary schools without drama classes. High schools with large numbers of poor students that do not offer music. Those are two of the bleaker pictures that emerged Monday from a report by the U.S. Department of Education on the state...