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‘STEM Deserts’ in the Poorest Schools: How Can We Fix Them?
Via: Edweek.org Students attending high-poverty schools tend to have fewer science materials, fewer opportunities, and less access to the most rigorous mathematics classes, like calculus and physics, than students attending low-poverty schools, a new analysis points out. That means that they’re less likely to encounter real-world problem-solving that characterizes advanced […]
National Arts in Education Week
Via Nea.org On July 26, 2010, the U. S. House of Representatives passed a resolution designating the second week of September as Arts in Education Week to promote and showcase the immense role arts education has in producing engaged, successful, and college- and career-ready students. The resolution states: Arts education, […]
Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago
Via The New York Times The Times analysis includes 100 schools ranging from public flagship universities to the Ivy League. For both blacks and Hispanics, the trend extends back to at least 1980, the earliest year that fall enrollment data was available from the National Center for Education Statistics. Even after […]
The critical importance of Arts in science
Previously referred to as STEM education, STEAM education stands for ‘Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics’, a term used to describe a method of educational focus on these subjects in schools, colleges and other learning institutions. This is a term that is becoming more and more popular to the ears […]
Dallas Schools Have Ambitious Plan to Fight Segregation
Originally published on The New York Times Dallas is one of just a handful of cities trying ambitious integration programs, even though nationwide, public schools are more segregated today than they were in 1970. A third of black and Hispanic students attend schools that are more than 90 percent nonwhite, […]
US students need more exposure to arts and music, test shows
8,800 eighth graders from public and private schools across the country took part in the test On the bright side, the achievement gap has narrowed between white and Hispanic students from a difference of 32 to 23 points in an average score in music and from 26 to 19 points […]
TCG: A Look at How Theaters Have Filled Gaps in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Non-for-profit theatres diversifying the economy In October 2015, the Theatre Communications Group released its thirty-fifth annual research report, Theatre Facts 2014. The report reflects data from the fiscal years 2013/2014 from a broad overview of the estimated 1,770 U.S. professional nonprofit theaters. It shows that contributions have driven the American […]
The Socio-Emotional Benefits of Arts Education
New study examines socio-emotional benefits of arts education Elementary school children who participated in arts education programs showed growth over children without these same opportunities across multiple areas of socioemotional learning. These included: tolerance for others’ perspectives, growth mindset (i.e., the understanding that their abilities and knowledge can develop through hard […]
The Growing Role Of Movement Directors In Theatre
Original article published on: ft.com/content/d7ba0ea0-1def-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c The Royal Court theatre in London prides itself on putting playwrights first. Next week, however, the body gets a look in. Simon Stephens’ play Nuclear War is being directed by a choreographer, Imogen Knight. What’s more, the writer is encouraging her to jettison his words as […]