It seems Trudy Palmer was born to hold the position to which she was recently appointed, director of Interchange. The daughter of a crusading print and broadcast Chicago journalist and a public school ...

Students draw in the other half of self-portrait photographs extrapolating from what's visible. (Courtesy of Ada Leaphart/Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler.) Art has long been recognized as an ...

Arts integration is transforming classrooms by blending creative disciplines with core academics, enhancing student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional growth. From free K-12 lesson plans to ...

Students at Kuumba Academy use puppets to explore storytelling and self-expression in an effort to boost learning through arts integration. Teaching artist Kate Testa demonstrates how to thread and ...

Arts integration refers to pedagogical approaches that connect the arts with learning across subject areas, including but not limited to visual art, music, drama, dance, media arts, and creative ...

Maverick American maestro Leonard Bernstein once said that “a work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Arts graduates, ...

Before we spoke our first words, we drew. Before language confined us with grammar and syntax, we danced, painted, and etched symbols onto cave walls. The arts are not an addition to human ...

It is undeniable that the prioritization of STEM subjects exists as a global phenomenon. Most people believe that those in STEM have superior intellect, better employment prospects and ultimately ...