25 German primary School students showed an increase in verbal memory after taking instrumental music lessons for 18 months.
Looking Beyond Our Borders for National Arts Education Policies
Do Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany and South Africa have something to teach us about teaching our kids?
Is Federal Money the Best Way to Fund the Arts?
For as much room as the United States has to step up its commitment to the arts in the form of public dollars, we are not likely to see the federal government become the primary source of support for the arts in this country in our lifetimes, or those of our children or children’s children for that matter. And frankly, that’s probably for the best.
Around the horn: Occupy Wall Street edition
ART AND THE GOVERNMENT – DOMESTIC Welcome Dan Lurie, the NEA’s new Senior Advisor and Director of Strategic Partnerships. Nice to see the National Conference of State Legislatures recognizing the value of arts and culture, especially with state arts agencies under such budget pressure this year and state houses having become quite an ideological battleground over theRead More