by Brady Smith | Sep 16, 2024
by Jenna Masone, Ed.D. | Apr 4, 2022 | General
How do we make school improvement efforts impactful and lasting? Traditionally, school improvement efforts only address academic improvement and fall short in impacting the whole school. Alternately, the arts are often tapped to improve schools yet fall short because...
by Nate Marcarelli | May 4, 2018
This Education Trends report explores successful practices for arts integration, with a focus on educator and school leader professional development and provides an overview of research that highlights the impact of instructor preparation and professional development...
by Nate Marcarelli | Apr 1, 2007
This literature review includes a historical overview, definitions and theoretical frameworks for arts integration, research and evaluation studies, methods and practices for each of the art forms.
by Tom Keily | Mar 28, 2022 | General
The journey of a child through making meaning was one of the foundational learnings from the Arts Education Partnership’s work on The Arts and Literacies. Specifically, meaning making supports students to develop knowledge, awareness, appreciation and empathy of...
by Nate Marcarelli | Aug 22, 2019
by Arts Education Partnership | Jun 19, 2019
by Brady Smith | Aug 12, 2026
ArtsEd Digest _ Arts Education Data and Reporting Initiatives
by Brady Smith | Aug 12, 2026
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Arts Education Data and Reporting Initiatives 2026
by Brady Smith | Aug 11, 2026
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by Brady Smith | Jul 29, 2026
by Brady Smith | Jul 29, 2026
by Daizha Brown | Jul 29, 2026 | General, Policy
New federal law, emerging from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, made significant changes to federal funding for higher education. Most colleges and universities across the country must meet a new accountability standard to receive federal funds. Federal funds will now...
by Brady Smith | Jul 28, 2026
In today’s increasingly data-informed world, the ability to access, collect, analyze and act on data is vital for organizations across all sectors, and arts education is no exception. For arts education organizations and community-based arts programs, data serves as a...
by Brady Smith | Jul 28, 2026
by Brady Smith | Jul 28, 2026
by Brady Smith | Jul 2, 2026
Arts education is perfectly positioned to help students builds the durable skills necessary to succeed in today’s workforce. This report examines how schools can prepare students for life and work in an increasingly uncertain future.
by Brady Smith | Jun 30, 2026
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by Brady Smith | Jun 23, 2026
by Brady Smith | Jun 23, 2026
Arts education is perfectly positioned to help students builds the durable skills necessary to succeed in today’s workforce. This report examines how schools can prepare students for life and work in an increasingly uncertain future. Inside, you’ll learn...
by Brady Smith | Jun 11, 2026
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by Brady Smith | Mar 25, 2026
by Brady Smith | Mar 24, 2026
The State of Early Career Mentorship of Arts Educators, by our Partnerships With Higher Education Working Group, explores how mentorship programs can provide a solution for the supports needed for early career arts educators. The report highlights three mentorship...
by Brady Smith | Mar 24, 2026
by Erica Turrell | Mar 16, 2026 | Events, General
Think back to your own arts education. Whether it was choir, drama or visual art, how was your grade determined? For many of us, it was a mysterious blend of “participation,” showing up to the concert or a teacher’s general perception of our talent. We...
by Brady Smith | Mar 16, 2026
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by Trey Grimes | Dec 17, 2025 | General, Practice
As robots become more integrated into our daily lives—from healthcare to hospitality, from classrooms to concert halls—the question is no longer if we will coexist, but how. For arts education leaders, this moment presents a profound opportunity to shape the emotional...
by Brady Smith | Dec 17, 2025
by Alex Chadwell | Dec 9, 2025 | General, Practice, Research
“…an activity consisting in producing relationships with the world with the help of signs, forms, actions and objects” I came across this definition a few years ago when I was first beginning a graduate program in literacy education. It is not, however, a definition...
by Brady Smith | Nov 26, 2025
by Rhoda Bernard | Nov 3, 2025 | General, Practice, Teacher Workforce
How can arts educators ensure that all of their students – no matter how they learn best – can engage, participate and learn meaningfully? It requires engaging an interdisciplinary approach that breaks down the silos between arts education, arts therapy, general...
by Brady Smith | Nov 3, 2025
by Brady Smith | Nov 3, 2025
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by SEADAE | Jun 26, 2025 | General, Practice, Teacher Workforce
The State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) is a collaborative organization of state education agency arts specialists. At SEADAE, we recognized there was a need for resources to help educators select and develop authentic arts instructional...
by Brady Smith | Jun 17, 2025
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by Brady Smith | Apr 8, 2025
ArtScan, a project of the Arts Education Partnership, is clearinghouse that provides the most current information on 14 arts education policy areas related to pre-K through grade 12. ArtScan covers state policies for arts education identified in statute or...
by Brady Smith | Apr 8, 2025
by Brady Smith | Apr 8, 2025
by Brady Smith | Mar 26, 2025
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by Brady Smith | Feb 26, 2025
This report contains four sections: access, enrollment and participation; learning; staffing and funding. Each section outlines questions, data and reporting sources, and gaps and potential barriers related to data.
by Sunil Iyengar | Feb 25, 2025 | General, Practice
A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts re-affirms what we have learned from many other previous studies—namely, that arts education is closely linked with positive academic outcomes and social and emotional development. The report appears in the wake of...
by Brady Smith | Feb 25, 2025
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by Brady Smith | Oct 24, 2024
The Arts Education Partnership’s Data Working Group first met in 2023 to look at arts education data collection and reporting at the national, state, regional and local levels. The group’s goal was to discover where data are being collected and reported and where gaps...
by Brady Smith | Oct 24, 2024
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by Mary Dell’Erba | Oct 15, 2024 | General, Research
If you are a long-time user of ArtsEdSearch, you may have noticed the platform has been quiet for the last year. In the spirit of transparency and shared learning, our team wanted to invite you into what has been done internally to grow the resource and formally...
