Read all the research, news, and policy in our arts education RECAP for November 2018.
Research
You thought failing PE or art in high school doesn’t matter? Not so, new Chicago study says.
The transition from middle school to high school can be a bumpy one. For some students, that emotional stress can have a serious impact on their success. A new study finds that if they aren’t willing to go to PE or art classes, they aren’t likely to go to school at all.
Chalkbeat
Equity
Song and dance routines can enhance students’ SEL skills
“Even before school starts, exposure to music and movement led to children displaying more independence, social cooperation and more attachment abilities than children who did not have these experiences.”
Education Dive
5 1/2 Things That Americans Are Saying About The Arts
“We support arts education at all grade levels, and out-of-school experiences are important too.”
Forbes
Arts and Education: Time for a little map making
“These experiences help them sort through, make choices, think critically, work together, see things from another perspective. So tolerance, understanding, critical thinking…”
KPAX
Arts education expanding in Huntsville
Arts Huntsville launched the North Alabama Arts Education Collaborative with the goal of providing fully funded arts education to every student in Alabama starting in northern Alabama.
RocketCityNow.com
Calls-to-Action
California Arts Council Peer-Review Panels
Apply to be a panelist to review grants submitted to the California Arts Council. Applications deadlines are Nov. 15 and Jan. 15, 2019.
California Arts Council
2019 NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education Survey
Do you think your district or school has an outstanding music program? Consider submitting to the NAMM BCME survey! Deadline to submit is Jan. 31, 2019.
NAMM Foundation
Orchestras Support In-School Music Education
Join 250+ orchestras! Orchestra executive directors are encouraged to sign on to the Statement of Common Cause to help start conversations around music education in their communities.
League of American Orchestras
Advocacy
Chance The Rapper goes undercover to raise money for arts
If you were a lucky Lyft rider in Chicago recently, you may have been a passenger in the car of Chance the Rapper who took to the streets to raise support for arts education.
Education Week
Dance Teacher: Arts Ed. Could Be the Key to Student Engagement
“When children learn to think like artists, they learn a way of approaching the world that will support them throughout their lives, academically and socio-emotionally.”
Education Week: Teacher
Art, music readily available in Ohio schools, and popular, too
Ohio is winning at arts education. In a recent assessment of arts education offerings in Ohio, 93 percent of Ohio’s 3,000 traditional schools offered both music and visual art.
The Columbus Dispatch
‘Fame’ never eludes Debbie Allen, who is sharing her experiences at OCSA
“Arts education should be at the core of every public school education. It is one of the most important disciplines, along with math, English and science. Arts education is so fundamental in other parts of the world — why not here? The arts are about the spirit of creativity. Artists think a lot. They consider the world. They bring information and reflection to the truth of our lives.”
Los Angeles Times
Kehinde Wiley on Self-Doubt and How He Made It as a Painter
Arts education was integral in developing a career path forward for painter Kehinde Wiley.
The Atlantic
Policy
The voter polls closed in California yesterday. We’re interested to see how national, state, and local policies will be affected. Send any arts education policy related news our way! Email communications@psarts.org with articles related to arts education and we may share them in our next RECAP.
