Educational Resource: Redefining the role of failure in the classroom
Article and Reading Response aimed at helping students and teachers explore the role of failure in the classroom as well as dealing with larger systemic…
General Resource Subtype: Research
Puget Sound Regional Arts Education Salary Survey
This survey was requested by those participating in the Education Director’s Forum. The questions were culled from several salary surveys conducted nationally, with focus given…
NEA Interagency Task Force Releases Research on the Arts and Aging
The National Endowment for the Arts released a summary report on “The Arts and Aging: Building the Science,” a review of existing research prepared by…
Introduction to Communities of Practice
The term “community of practice” is of relatively recent coinage, even though the phenomenon it refers to is age-old. The concept has turned out to…
Lights, Camera, Psyche: Using Mythic Exploration and Performance as a Conduit for Self-Discovery in Middle School Students
I have known I wanted to be a teacher since I was seven years old. Recently, as I was moving closer to achieving that dream,…
ArtsEdSearch
ArtsEdSearch is a project of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP), and builds on Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, a compendium…
Creating Connection: Research Findings and Proposed Message Framework to Build Public Will for Arts and Culture
Researchers conducted a literature review, a national survey, and a series of focus groups, finding that “CONNECTION is the driving motivator for people to embrace…
A Decade of Arts Engagement: Findings From the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, 2002–2012
While you may not sit down and read this NEA report from cover to cover, it’s great for looking up specific statistics about who’s participating…
A Closer Look at Arts Engagement in California: Insights from the NEA’s Survey of Public Participation in the Arts
Irvine Foundation has put out A Closer Look at Arts Engagement in California: Insights from the NEA’s Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, which…
2015 Otis Report on the Creative Economy
The Otis report is known for its focus on translating creativity into the language of economics — great for making a case to funders about…