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Scientists Harmonize on the Theme of Arts Advocacy

Scientists Harmonize on the Theme of Arts Advocacy
by Janet Eilber

April 2008

The Dana Foundation's "Learning, Arts, and the Brain" report details several hard-science studies that strengthen the link between arts training and cognitive performance.

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Arts Ed on the Web

April 2008

Now available online: our bimonthly feature in which we highlight Web sites devoted to arts education.

Music Schools Seeing Influx of Funds

by Howard Reich

Chicago Tribune | April 20, 2008

Staggering amounts of money have made their way to collegiate music schools across the country, mystifying some arts education professionals.

Hylton Teacher Is Honored for Helping Students Envision History

by Ian Shapira

The Washington Post | April 17, 2008

Teaching with music and pictures comes naturally to history teacher Lisa Racine, who was one of this year's recipients of the Washington Post's Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.

Arts Called Essential To Education In Hartford

by Colin Poitras

Hartford Courant | April 17, 2008

Arts advocates speak out for Hartford, Conn., public school students, saying that arts education can help students learn math or reading skills "in spite of themselves."

Thanks to Ambitious Music Education Program, Kids Across the City Know How to Listen and Learn

by Mary Ellen Hunt

April 15, 2008

San Francisco Symphony's Adventures in Music aims to integrate music into the lives of every first- through fifth-grader in the San Francisco Unified School District.

German Tots Learn to Answer Call of Nature

by Mike Esterl

The Wall Street Journal | April 14, 2008

In Germany, the birthplace of kindergarten, a growing movement of "forest kindergardens" offers young children a nature-based education year-round.

'Schools to Blame for a Generation Unable to Understand the Arts'

by Chris Hastings

The Daily Telegraph | April 13, 2008

The director of the National Theatre in England criticizes public schools for failing to provide children with an adequate music and arts education, saying that the situation "could take 20 years to put right."

These Are Exciting Times for School Art

by Elizabeth Burmaster

Onalaska Community Life | April 10, 2008

Wisconsin's state superintendant of public education comments on the new task force aimed at strengthening arts education in the state's public schools.

You Gotta Have Art

by Carol Strickland

The Washington Post | April 8, 2008

A symposium on the value and importance of the arts in health care has some educators calling for more art therapy as well as more research to back up positive correlations.