Co-authored with Danielle Brazell of Arts for LA and Dr. Lauren Stevenson of Junction Box Consulting, the paper documents the journey we’ve been traveling for the past eighteen months to make it possible for schools and districts to embrace arts strategies for achieving the goals of Title I and improving educational outcomes for low-income students who are often undeserved in public schools.

This research and policy brief provides an overview and analysis of ArtScan — a searchable clearinghouse of the latest state policies supporting education in and through the arts from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  The brief reports findings in several key policy areas and helps to bring transparency and clarity about state policies for arts education in America.

The term of lifelong learning refers to the continuous building skills and acquiring knowledge during one's life through experiences faced lifetime. Today in this 21st century, changes in the social, economic, cultural and educational frames need to new ways of thinking about the arts, culture and creativity. This way of thinking helps to have more active and responsible people about their own learning and their societies. There are many subjects in the case of art in which learning takes place. Lifelong learning should be a promotion of the art of human maturity, a necessity for people

The south arts education study part two, focuses on describing the nature of successful arts education programs in the region, rather than statistical analysis that was done in the south arts education study part one. Case studies were the primary source for the concluding recommendations. The aim of the report was to look at quality from the ground up. The report found a need for strong supportive principles, collaborative work, and community partnership, when building successful arts education programs in the south. It also stressed the need for capable arts staff, who were motivated to

Univesity of Florida created this infographic to show the benefits of both STEM (left brain) and STEAM (right brain) functions.

University of Florida created this infographic to point to the merits of both STEM (left brain) and STEAM (right brian) learning. Only with both of students truly strong.

This report summarizes the status of arts education based on the results of the 2011, 2012, 2013 surveys of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, which surveyed over 92,000 arts graduates from over 150 institutions. 

This report examines the level of arts instruction in Chicago Public Schools. It sets the benchmark against which district-wide efforts to expand arts instruction will be measured. Ever since Chicago Public Schools elevated the arts to a core subject in the 2012-2013 school year, students from K-6 grades have been experiencing two hours of weekly instructions in the arts and notice an increase in the number of certified arts instructors in their classrooms. This progress report shows the strides that Chicago is taking with its city-wide Cultural Plan, the

California Music Studios uses research from a 2013 PBS Learning survey of teachers from all grade levels to report the benefits of Music Technology in education.

This Phase One Report: 2010-2014 celebrates the return of music education to the elementary school children of Chula Vista. With CVESD, we have proven that making music a part of every child’s school experience is a sound educational choice that leads to increased levels of achievement.