Students draw in the other half of self-portrait photographs extrapolating from what's visible. (Courtesy of Ada Leaphart/Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler.) Art has long been recognized as an ...

Fifteen years ago this week, the Learning Disabilities Association of WNY (LDA) opened the first art studio in WNY to support adults with disabilities in their artistic expression. Starlight Studio ...

Maverick American maestro Leonard Bernstein once said that “a work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” ...

OLIVESBURG - In her second grade classroom at Crestview Elementary School, Anne DaHinden always starts and ends the year with the book "What Do You Do with an Idea?" In the book, a child has an idea ...

Federal regulation such as No Child Left Behind is placing heavy pressure on teachers to help students pass standardized tests, and many educators are concerned that including arts instruction in ...

Moving, clapping, shaking, dancing: Teachers from Martinez and Columbia elementary schools were up out of their seats this week during a weeklong training session on engaging students through art.

Art has a unique power in the ESL classroom–a magic that bridges cultures, ignites imagination, and breathes life into language. For English Language Learners (ELLs), it’s more than an expressive ...

Editor’s note: This article is one in a series about Rowan-Salisbury Schools becoming a renewal district. All were written by RSS staff and teachers. This school year, China Grove Elementary School ...