Art
Puget Sound Schools: Making Interest-Based Learning Meaningful and Intentional
By: Kelly Niccolls and Rebecca Midles. Kelly and Rebecca take us on a tour of select Puget Sound schools that adopt the Whole Child Initiative, focused on community partnership and rearing the next generation of local industry expertise.
How a STEAM-Integrated Environment is the Classroom Makeover You Really Need
By: J. Aglio et al. STEAM integration can foster a love for lifelong learning. That's why educators should upgrade their curriculum with STEAM. Here's how.
Amplify Storytelling in the Classroom with 3 Tech-Enabled Projects
By: Robert Sevilla. Middle school teacher Robert Sevilla suggests three EdTech projects to ensure students are not merely consuming technology, but instead learning to leverage digital tools in a variety of ways to amplify their ideas.
Thinking With Your Hands
As children think with their hands and represent their thinking through the arts, they can make sense of science, technology and engineering.
All Youth Deserve Performing Arts Experiences–They Promote Agency, Empathy, and Project Management
Performing arts offer opportunities for students to learn lifelong skills that go beyond performance. Theatre is a solution rich, deeper learning experience that provides opportunities for problem-solving, empathy building and project management. Read more on why these experiences matter for youth.
Fostering High Quality Student Experiences through Projects
Project-based learning means going beyond assigning projects and instead, promoting student agency by having students drive their learning.
Cardboard Challenge: Promoting Creativity Year Round
Since 2012, kids everywhere take part in the Cardboard Challenge as a way to gear up for Imagination’s Day of Play. Learn the story behind it and 5 ways to promote creativity year round.
Project-Based Learning and the Performing Arts: A Match Made in Heaven
By: Mary Ryerse and Emily Liebtag. We recently came across "one of the coolest examples of project-based learning" that they have recently seen. When paired with Performing Arts, PBL does not only promote creativity—it inspires.
Painting the Future of K-12: Art as a Vehicle for Teacher and Student Learning
By: Bonnie Allen. If we envision the future of K-12 education as a painting, we should picture art and core curricular instruction taking place on one canvas to improve learning for both students and teachers.
George Saunders On Learning to Write–and Writing to Learn
George Saunders might be the most critically acclaimed contemporary American author. He has inspired thousands of young writers with his writing and teaching. Tom recently caught up with him to learn more about his approach to teaching and writing.