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Oct 23, 2020 · Given how exposure to arts institutions may lead to higher educational achievement, increased opportunities for accessing artistic and cultural experiences online may play a role in reducing educational gaps between high and low socio-economic status children.
- Meera Choi, Hannah Tessler, Grace Kao
- 2020
The Case for Arts Education. education was already in a state of crisis and dire need before the fraught year of 2020, and the pandemic has intensified that crisis exponentially. We regard our report as a celebration of the arts, a gesture of optimism, and, above all, a call to action.
May 31, 2021 · The field of art education has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in complex ways. Art educators have been challenged with teaching visual arts skills, practices, and concepts, to students in virtual classrooms using non-conventional means.
- F. Robert Sabol
- 2021
- Who Gets to Study Art and Music?
- Cuts to Instruction
- Benefits of Arts Education
- Covid-19 and Arts Education
- What’s Next?
Music education first made its way into American public schools in Boston in the 1830s. It started with singing instruction, with instrumental music to follow later in the century. Today, arts programs in K-12 schools include visual arts, music, theater, dance and multimedia or design. A congressionally mandated study from 2011offers a snapshot of ...
These findings offer clues to how the arts are currently positioned in U.S. schools. Although the arts were considered a core subject in the 2001 federal No Child Left Behind Act, they were not factored into annual testing or related sanctions against underperforming schools. As a result, instructional time in the arts was cut back. In two studies ...
Arts education has been associated with increased cognitive ability, academic achievement, creative thinking, school engagement and so-called “soft skills” like compassion for others. However, many of these studies are correlational rather than causal. It may be that more advanced and more privilegedstudents pursued arts education in the first plac...
Hands-on arts classes made for an awkward fit with remote learning when schools suspended in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many music teachers reportedthat they were told not to hold live virtual classes with students, and that their students did not engage much with their assignments. Yet when schools returned to in-person instr...
As more normalcy returns to schools, will arts education programs rebound? Two forces may help determine the answer. On one hand, the concern over so-called learning lossis pushing school districts to invest in extra tutoring and coaching in traditionally tested subjects like math and English language arts. As in the aftermath of No Child Left Behi...
- Ryan D. Shaw
Aug 30, 2022 · Arts education can help kids: Engage with school and reduce stress. Develop social-emotional and interpersonal skills. Enrich their experiences. Handle constructive criticism. Bolster...
Nov 4, 2021 · Arts education, properly supported and available to all, can play a vital role in our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Arts Commission cochairs John Lithgow, Deborah Rutter, and Natasha Trethewey make the case for arts education commitment in the Chicago Tribune.
Feb 12, 2019 · New findings provide strong evidence that arts educational experiences can produce significant positive impacts on academic and social development for students.
