The arts bring complex topics into focus and can provide new perspectives on math, science and other academic subjects. Credit: Hartford Performs The school year has begun. Backpacks are full of books ...

Arts and culture are often on the chopping block when funding cuts roll through. This MSU professor believes art education ...

A lifelong arts advocate, from serving as executive director at San Francisco’s Performing Arts Workshop to being part of the national advisory council of the Teaching Artists Guild, Mele recently ...

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) “Creativity is a muscle, not a gene, and if it’s a muscle then you can make it stronger,” said Jessica Mele, a program ...

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. As an instrumental music teacher, I am used to advocating that the arts ...

Donald Trump has big plans for schools in his second term, which include gutting the Department of Education. His proposals have major implications for public school funding, and you can bet that arts ...

There is broad acknowledgment that schools are playing catch-up as we head into the 21st century. Technology and resulting innovation are rapidly changing our culture, making it imperative that ...

A teenager learning arts tech. Source: The Nigmatic/ Unsplash Adolescence is a critical period of development characterized by numerous challenges and transitions. During this time, young individuals ...

ASPEN, Colo. — It has been three years since the spectacular video of Lil Buck dancing to Yo-Yo Ma brought jookin—which draws from hip-hop, ballet, jazz, and modern dance—into mainstream consciousness ...