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Arts

How music motivates students to make the grade

Schoolwide music instruction is having a big impact in raising test scores as K-12 leaders make the case for more robust programs in lower-income districts.

How music immersion closes achievement gaps

San Gabriel USD’s Music Immersion Experience—the 2019 Districts of Distinction grand prize honoree—teaches every first-grader the violin, and test scores are improving.

New edition shares fresh behavioral and academic interventions for students with autism

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released a second edition of Academic and Behavioral Interventions That Work for Students With Autism. The 2019 […]

The case for creativity in STEAM

DA guest columnist and FETC 2020 speaker Sylvia Martinez discusses how creativity is a key component of deep learning and how it can be integrated into the STEM curriculum.
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DA op-ed: Arts integration and social-emotional learning: A partnership for success

Here’s how an arts integration approach can help schools meet their SEL goals.

How arts-based lessons improve science performance

Integrating the arts into science lessons helps the lowest-performing students retain more content, and doesn't require much funding to do.
Thu May 16th, 2019

We should teach media literacy in elementary school

Currently, there is a push in the U.S. to incorporate internet information classes into primary and secondary school curriculum. The movement aims to make fact-checking seem like second nature to individuals at an early age so they will be less vulnerable to agenda-driven information sources throughout their life
Thu Nov 8th, 2018