by admin | Apr 30, 2010 | Blog
I recently learned of the following information and feel that it builds nicely on my last two posts: Do the Arts Make Kids Smarter? and The Arts Are Good For… As I have written in earlier posts, studies continue to show the value of the arts as basic in education....
by admin | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
Study after study have shown that where the arts are prevalent in a school’s curriculum—surprise!—test scores rise. In an article in Parenting magazine, Nancy Kalish discusses Why Art Makes Kids Smarter (November 2009). She notes several different sources and...
by admin | Jan 15, 2010 | Blog
For decades, artists, arts educators, and other arts supporters have found the right-brain/left-brain notion useful in drawing distinctions between the creative and not-so-creative among us. Now, I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert on the anatomy and...
