Gentry Middle School has been added to the list of schools taking part in a program aimed at "weaving the arts into core ...

CARE Trains Teachers in Arts for the New Common Core Curriculum About 20 teachers from school districts across San Diego County sit at tables in a rehearsal studio at the La Jolla Playhouse. Half of ...

Arts programs have long suffered cuts as schools adjust to meeting the growing demands of academic performance and standardized tests. Students are rarely tested on the arts, and arts knowledge is ...

The new Common Core standards, to be integrated into schools across Santa Clara County over the next few years, are controversial. The New York Times said they “may be the most far-reaching experiment ...

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the painting “El Jaleo” —a canvas spanning 11 feet that features a flamenco dancer—is a popular starting point for getting students to spend time with ...

In 2014, arts education groups released the National Core Arts Standards, a set of K-12 standards for visual art, music, dance, theater, and media arts. The National Core Arts Standards replace the ...

This is part three of a four-part examination of the state of the Core. Like any well-rounded curriculum, the Core presents students with a wide range of challenges. They grapple with Marx and Smith ...

BARRE – – The Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) and the Vermont Arts Council are pleased to announce that the Vermont State Board of Education has approved a proposal to adopt the National Core Arts ...

Common Core State Standards, a grade-by-grade set of requirements for what elementary and secondary school children should know in each grade in math and English language arts (ELA), have been said to ...