June 2009 Blog Posts (8)
The Arts and Prosocial Impact Study Program Characteristics and Prosocial Effects
The RAND corporation followed up Heath's work with their: Arts & Prosocial Impact studies, which asked: Do ALL arts-based programs have a powerful and enduring prosocial impact on the kids who engage in them, or are there SPECIFIC FACTORS within some arts programs that account for the powerful developmental benefits observed. They answered the question, and came up with five specific items. There… Continue
Added by Chris Brown on June 30, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Champions of Change - The Effects of the Arts on Learning
The first two reports in this compendium are key.
The first, with Prof. James Catterall as the lead author, looks at the impact of music education on math and language achievement in schools,using a massive national dataset -- NELS (National… Continue
Added by Chris Brown on June 30, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments
Madelyn's Blog - Part 1
Larry and Bill excited to share their stories, discussed the potential for our Curriculum Project, celebrating and teaching the history of American… Continue
Added by Madelyn Bonnot on June 17, 2009 at 11:33am — No Comments
We Need Music to Survive - a good read
Added by Felice Mancini on June 8, 2009 at 12:20pm — No Comments
Teachers...Do you Get What You Pay For?
Next Test: Value of $125,000-a-Year Teachers
By ELISSA GOOTMAN
So what kind of teachers could a school get if it paid them $125,000 a year?
An accomplished violist who infuses her music lessons with the neuroscience of why one needs to practice, and creatively worded instructions like, “Pass the melody gently, as if it were a bowl of Jell-O!”
A self-described “explorer” from Arizona who spent three decades honing her craft at public,… Continue
Added by Felice Mancini on June 5, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments
Study: Teachers, not schools, are the key
Added by Larry J. Livingston on June 2, 2009 at 11:02pm — 4 Comments
Issue Lab is focusing on Arts Education
They've include a lot of great material including four publications of the National Guild of Community Schools of the… Continue
Added by Jonathan Herman on June 1, 2009 at 4:28pm — No Comments
Arts appear to play role in brain development - Classes can change brain and the way people think
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Arts appear to play role in brain development
Classes can change brain and the way people think
By Liz Bowie | liz.bowie@baltsun.com
May 18,… Continue
Added by Chris Brown on June 1, 2009 at 4:17pm — No Comments
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