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Arts

Great equalizer: Why this superintendent makes music a high priority

Matt Zalaznick -
Music and the performing arts helped Superintendent Amy Carter find her voice in high school. Now she is passing the gift on to her students in Mississippi's Meridian Public School District.

Student success: What have we learned about what does and doesn’t work?

Matt Zalaznick -
Superintendent Carl Dolente knows two important things about promoting student success: Classroom relationships work, one-size-fits-all cookie-cutters don't.

How Anne-Marie Imafidon gets girls to view themselves as STEM leaders

Matt Zalaznick -
Educators cultivating the innovators of the future should be driven by creativity, providing safe spaces to explore, and altruism, STEM expert and FETC keynote speaker Anne-Marie Imafidon says.

Brighter days: How these 9 uniquely placed murals are inspiring students

Matt Zalaznick -
Positivity was the main requirement Principal Michael Piccininni set when he commissioned a group of student artists to brighten up the bathrooms at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nevada.

How VR arts field trips expand access for underserved students

Matt Zalaznick -
Act One, a nonprofit in Arizona, brings two sets of 50 traveling VR headsets to bring the mural movement to rural communities.

How educators can help all students reach for the stars in STEAM

Duriya Aziz -
Educators can use books featuring girls and women as leaders in STEAM as starting points to have crucial conversations in the classroom that will help all students tackle bias and shatter misconceptions and stereotypes.

Here are Grand Rapids schools’ 7 priorities for COVID relief spending

Matt Zalaznick -
Fines arts programs had subsisted on a shoestring budget in Grand Rapids Public Schools but now its leaders will spend ESSER funds to buy art supplies, instruments and tickets to music festivals.

Arts advantage: Attendance boosts and 3 more benefits

Matt Zalaznick -
Creativity pays off, says a new study that found higher attendance and engagement among Boston Public Schools students enrolled in arts courses. 

NASEF teams with NHL’s Coyotes to grow esports in Arizona

Chris Burt -
The Coyotes and NASEF will partner up to help further STEM pathways, create tournaments for students.

Pharrell teams up on remix opportunity, ‘voice’ for students

Chris Burt -
Along with Georgia Tech and Amazon, the singer-producer and his non-profit are offering a music-driven competition and lesson plans based on coding and racial equity.

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