Arts

High school students have good ideas about how school can better serve learners, as the winners of a national challenge show.

These visual and audio cues can help middle and high school teachers quickly get students back on track.

Combining several content areas can guide students to develop a deep understanding of how climate change affects them and their community.

To reap the benefits of music on learning, kids need consistent and abundant musical practice, according to the latest cognitive research.

By bringing in arts education, this school found a creative way to help heal trauma and encourage a more supportive learning environment.

A band teacher explains how a process he uses to train budding musicians’ inner voice can be used to help struggling readers improve.

How an art project on making rock sculptures helped a class of first graders settle down and find their focus.

From laundry art to 'name that tune,' arts teachers are finding creative ways to transition to remote teaching.

Look through the door of one classroom and you might see the students hunched over, not engaged, even frowning. Look through the door of another classroom, and you might see a room full of lively students, eager, engaged and participating. What is the second teacher doing that the first one isn't? He or she is using creativity in that classroom.

Elementary students can build a sense of community and awaken a lifelong interest in the arts with these simple classroom strategies.

Skills that students develop in social and emotional learning—empathy, collaboration, and so on—are closely connected to standards in many academic subjects.

You only need to know a little bit about music to begin teaching your students to read notes and make music—no instruments required.

A collection of picture books to guide dramatic play and foster students’ literacy and social and emotional skills.

Photography can help students work on communication, empathy, and teamwork—and see their communities through a new lens.