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For national arts education news, try these resources:
ArtsEd Digest (published by the Arts Education Partnership)
STEAM Continues to Fuel STEM Learning in Ohio
Stacie Boord, general manager of the Columbus-based theatre troupe Shadowbox Live, recently was the featured speaker at the ExperienceSTEM Conference hosted by the Central Ohio Hub of the Ohio STEM Learning Network. Boord spoke about how creativity connects to learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Her insights came from working with Metro Early College High School and Linden-McKinley STEM Academy on theater productions that taught students important life skills. The talk underscored the idea that adding an A for Arts enhances STEM learning.
President's Committee on Arts and Humanities Focuses on Education
The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH)—which was created in 1982 under President Reagan to advise the White House on cultural issues—continues to raise awareness about the importance of arts and humanities education by introducing a landmark report during the Arts Education Partnership meeting in early May. Re-Investing in Arts Education: Winning America's Future underscores the vital role played by arts education in preparing students for success in the knowledge and innovation economy and recommends investments in collaboration, arts integration, artist residencies and research.
With First Lady Michelle Obama serving as honorary chair, the PCAH also has been developing a series of programs and partnerships that support arts and humanities education. For example, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists and Writers in New York, it launched the National Student Poets Program, which will select five high school poets to serve as poetry ambassadors for a year. The young poets will participate in the Library of Congress National Book Festival in September 2012 and then spend a year reading and conducting workshops.
