Arts Integration
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RESEARCH: Arts education boosts students’ writing scores
Not, of course, the point of Arts Ed, but any bonus is helpful when talking with school boards or admin ..Study: Expanding arts education boosts "students’ compassion for their classmates, lowering discipline rates, and improving students’ scores on writing tests."…
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ARTICLE: Can testing save arts education?
Would rather it not come to this but, read on...Can testing save arts education?Teachers hope exams will make arts matter as much as math and English.
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The Art of Elections
Contributors to “The Art of Elections” symposium explore how the arts and popular culture shape campaigns and elections, and how aesthetic appeals to voters have changed over time. Topics include the roles of…
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NYTLN: 10 Intriguing Photographs to Teach Close Reading and Visual Thinking Skills
Another great lesson plan from the New York Times Learning NetworkRead the …
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ARTICLE: STEM & Visual Learning: A Vital Combination
This article from Middle Web is well written and IMHO essential...If we hope to foster authentic STEM skills, we must recognize that drawing in integrated literacy is not about Art or talent, but…
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ARTICLE: Harvard joins growing trend of arts education in medical schools
Interesting - from the Boston Globe.…
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TimeQuest: Integrating art, heritage, and play in a postcolonial, postapocalyptic sci-fi program
Auckland Libraries have just given me permission to share the storyline & materials from 2013's TimeQuest, a citywide school holiday program for children…
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NYTLN: Visual Literacy Lessons and Tools
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EXHIBIT: Everything is Design
Everything Is Design: The Work of Paul Rand features more than 150 advertisements, posters, corporate brochures,…
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BOOK: 2015 Innovation Toolkit / Immersive play & arts integration
The American Library Association's 2015 Library Innovation Toolkit has just been published.I co-wrote the chapter on…
For teachers who like to integrate all the arts into their teaching.