ARTS Articles, Articles, Articles

The news is peppered lately with articles about the Arts

This post provides you with links to articles that I found interesting and think you will as well! Some of the articles below are on the newly released, April 2012, report: Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 and 2009-10 from a congressionally mandated study on arts education in public K–12 schools. You might wonder why I would include all of the articles on the same topic?! It provides you with the perspectives of different writers. Of course, I urge you to go to the report itself which is linked above.

• Arts Instruction Still Widely Available, But Disparities Persist

Article written by Erik Robelen, April 2, 2012, Education Week. Thank you to colleague Paula Hutton for sharing it.

• Not Extra, But Essential: New NEA Research Report Shows Potential Benefits of Arts Education for At-Risk Youth

March 30, 2012, Art Works, National Endowment for the Arts

• Arts Instruction Remains Prevalent, For Some

ASCD Capital Connection, April 10, 2012.

• Report: Arts Engagement Linked to Academic, Civic Involvement

Written by Erik Robelen April 3, 2012, for Curriculum Matters blog, published in Education Week, April 16, 2012. Thank you to my Washington state colleague AnnRené Joseph for sharing this link.

• An Online Art Collection Grows Out of Infancy

Written by Roberta Smith, April 11, 2012, Art & Design from the New York Times. Thank you to colleague World Language Specialist Don Reutershan for sharing it.

• Software program allows for smarter music education

Article by staff and wire services reports, February 15, 2012 from eSchool News Thank you visual art teacher Lisa Marin for sharing it.

• No Obituary Needed for Arts Education, Study Reveals

Written by Erik W. Robelen, Education Week, April 16, 2012.

• Use Project Based Learning to Innovate the Music Classroom

Written by Andrew Miller, Edutopia, March 5, 2012. 

• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Featured Company from the Directory of Teacher PD Sourcebook.

• What assessments do you use to measure your students’ overall growth in your art class?

This isn’t exactly an article however, it is from National Art Education Association from Linkedin. The question was asked by an art teacher from New York and many teachers answered the question. It provides many ideas and resources that you might find useful. Thank you to Leah Olson, art teacher from Hampden Academy, for sharing this link.

• Maine Voices: Establishing educational standards raises difficult questions

The Portland Press Herald, by Mark Schwartz, April 11, 2012. Thank you to Maine Arts Assessment Leadership Team member, Bates College teacher, Bronwyn Sale for providing this link.

• Success fuels Osceola School for the Arts’ popularity

Written by Leslie Postal for the Orlando Sentinel, April 7, 2012. Thank you to colleague Mike Muir for sending me this information.

• Learning Differences and the Arts

Written by Sarah Clune, American Graduate Education Health, March 22, 2012, PBS News Hour.