Research and Advocacy

Exciting Dance Partnership: AISD, Arts Orgs, Creative Classroom

From the McCallum FA Academy Newsletter: "This month the dance department is embarking on two exciting projects linked with The Creative Classroom Initiative. Senior Dance Majors will be participating in an interdisciplinary arts based project with Lamar Middle School, and Brentwood Elementary School. The Senior students, as part of the new "Senior Project Capstone" for dance majors, will be teaching curriculum based lesson plans as part of a mentoring program. The Project at Lamar Middle School is in collaboration with ... Read More.


CultureMap Article about MindPOP

Check out the wonderful article that CultureMap wrote about MindPOP! Read the Article Read More.


Arts Ed Increases Graduation Rates: N.Y.C. Study and Report

Image copyright 2010 Aisha White for The Cipher Summary: School-based arts education can help increase student graduation rates according to The Center for Arts Education’s published report, Staying in School: Arts Education and New York City High School Graduation Rates. The report examined the relationship between school-based arts education and graduation rates in over 200 New York City public schools during a two year period. Dividing schools into three tiers based on graduation rates they found that schools in the ... Read More.


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