August, 2006 |
The New York Times on August 7, 2006 asks:
How Educational Is Art?
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has been awarded a $1 million grant from the United States Department of Education to conduct research into whether students' problem-solving skills are improved by studying art.
Last month the museum released results from another federally financed study that found measurable improvements in a range of literacy skills and critical thinking among students who took part in a program in which the Guggenheim sends artists into schools.
That study, now in its second year, interviewed hundreds of New York third graders, comparing the skills of those who had participated in the Guggenheim program, called Learning Through Art, and those who did not.
The issue is of particular importance at a time when federal education policies have led to cuts in many public-school arts programs.
The new study, which will focus on 18 classes of fifth graders throughout
the city, will look at the effects of art education on skills like
experimentation, brainstorming,
breaking down a problem into parts, and decision-making.
RANDY KENNEDY
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While this website has only been around for two years, Jocelyn and Jonathan Kasper have been teaching music for a combined total of 56 years.
Though the Kaspers are not as young as their Niece Lily (below), they're young at heart, and they know a lot more now than they did at age 2!
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