The Mind-Expanding Value of Arts Education
The New York Times reports on worldwide declines in funding for arts education and discusses what arts education researchers say students are losing in the process, including lab co-director Brian Kisida.
Arts programming in Boston schools linked to attendance, engagement gains
A NEW STUDY says an effort to increase arts programming in the Boston Public Schools has helped boost student attendance and promote student and parent engagement with schools, outcomes that arts supporters say provide added rationale for maintaining or enhancing the role of arts in the schools.
New research finds evidence arts education increases school engagement, attendance among Boston students
Boston Public Schools students who were enrolled in arts education programs had greater school engagement and higher daily attendance, and their parents were more likely to be active in school activities, according to the results of a new study.
Extra arts education boosts students’ writing scores — and their compassion, big new study finds
When you’re the big fish, it’s not OK to pick on the little fish just because you can.
That’s an important lesson for everyone. But some Houston first-graders got a particularly vivid demonstration in the form of a musical puppet show, which featured fish puppets and an underlying message about why it’s wrong to bully others.