Arts

Superintendent Darin Brawley: How to empower a rising school district

A skyrocketing number of Compton USD graduates are majoring in STEAM fields since Superintendent Darin Brawley made coding, robotics and esports key pillars of K12 instruction.

Accessible art: How to unleash creativity in students and teachers

Accessible art empowers special education students to express themselves and teaches them skills they’ll use in other classes.

Great equalizer: Why this superintendent makes music a high priority

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Full Sunlight by James Tissot, garden in London with artists’ companions

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is just be nice to everyone and always smile. Refreshingly, what was expected...

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

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

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.

Teaching in a crisis: Finding solutions during a pandemic

Six teachers discuss how they are creatively managing different types of instruction, and how policymakers and stakeholders can help.

Teaching in a crisis: Life on the front lines and on video screens

Six educators share their thoughts on the fear of COVID-19, the connections with students and parents and the staffing shortages in schools.

Teaching in a crisis: Educators discuss morale amid COVID-19

Six teachers across the country reflect on instruction, time management and learning in 2020.

Librarians leading the way with innovation, support during COVID

Shannon McClintock Miller shares how this empowered group of school leaders is making a difference with students and teachers, along with some of the tools they are using.

Launch Pad: A middle school space with a path to the future

A transformed library at Cajon Valley Middle School is giving student and parents a chance to pursue their dreams in a personalized new way.

Georgia district hosts weeklong Black Lives Matter event

Education sessions for students highlight the district's celebration of the movement.

See how a college’s unique masks make music

Nazareth College's School of Music faculty spent months designing and sewing the masks that have small openings specialized to fit each students' instrument.

27 education leaders named esports Scholastic Fellows

The North America Scholastic Esports Federation selects group of innovators from U.S. and beyond to collaborate around new ideas in gaming in learning environments

NASEF launches Minecraft meets Rube Goldberg competition

NASEF's Minecraft-Rube Goldberg event is free for students and schools looking to take part in this fun, mind-bending exercise where new technology converges with old-fashioned innovation

How risky are school activities? This chart has answers.

Walking to school, prepackaged meals and non-contact sports outdoors run a lower risk of transmitting coronavirus in schools. Contact sports, choirs and bands, and buses pose the highest risk.

New book offers 50 ways to test your knowledge on IEPs

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released Meet the IEP Challenge: 50 Scenarios for Staff Compliance Training. Each part of this 2020 book relates to a component of the IEP that is required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

How music classes have gone digital since school closures

Hip hop, guitars and SEL joined K-12 music classes as school closures required educators to explore new tools for learning in online classes.

Why more music classes are covering coding and digital skills

During online learning, music teachers can help students develop the skills needed on the engineering side of the music business, such as using digital tools to record themselves.

How online music delivers social-emotional support

Music can play a major role in helping students cope with school closures and other coronavirus disruptions—and give them more control over their learning.

Music instruction moves beyond Beethoven and Bach

A growing number of K-12 music programs have been adding hip hop, electronic dance and other popular music to their repertoires in an effort to becoming more “learner-centered."

Here’s the formula for a school district turnaround in an NYC suburb

What equity-driven school improvement looks like in Mount Vernon, New York: themed high schools, full prekindergarten, revamped middle school and health care.

Creativity in Crisis: Dressing up as various characters to engage students

A private school teacher has been dressing up in costumes for the beginning of each class since the week of March 16.

How to successfully integrate the arts into STEM classrooms

Hands-on arts projects are increasingly being integrated into STEAM classrooms and curricula through collaborative learning spaces, makerspaces, robotics, multidisciplinary projects and virtual learning opportunities.

Las Vegas school blends video games with curriculum

With the help of his students, Hubert Ham put esports on the map at Alexander Dawson School. It came with a worthwhile price: learning, not just playing.

How music class is moving online during school closures

School music classes rely deeply on students performing together, and ed-tech, student voice and SEL are keeping online learning alive while schools are closed.

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.