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As Atlanta prepares to host the Super Bowl, artists there are painting murals that highlight the city‘s civil rights and social justice legacy. The artwork adorning neighborhoods near the downtown stadium where the game will be played is part of an initiative called “Off The Wall: Atlanta’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Journey.”

Guidelines and application materials for three National Endowment for the Arts funding categories- Art Works, Challenge America, and Creative Writing Fellowships-have posted on the Arts Endowment‘s website. The National Endowment for the Arts supports projects in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.

Researchers from the American Institutes for Research scoured through hundreds of reports to find arts education interventions that meet the standards of evidence that ESSA requires. This report explains ESSA standards and cites 88 studies that make a range of arts-education activities eligible for ESSA. These activities focus on art forms such as visual arts, music, dance and drama. Among them are arts courses, supplies, professional development for teachers, supports for English learners and extended-learning-time programs. All of the studies cited by the report’s authors show improvements in student outcomes, such as reading, writing, math and social and emotional learning.

One of the many initiatives made possible through the BYU ARTS Partnership is the Arts Bridge Program, which engages Brigham Young University students with teachers in local elementary schools. Through this program, BYU students are able to provide elementary classrooms with instruction in dance, drama, visual arts and music.

New research shows that looking at artworks can help future doctors hone their observation skills, maintain objectivity, and cope with moments of uncertainty.

Boeing has announced that Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) will receive $40,000 to support its ongoing work to integrate the visual, digital, and performing arts into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) classrooms at in Chicago Public Schools.

Learn about the NAEA Preservice Division

Beginning January 1, 2019, teachers and students across the country — with help from the audio experts at NPR — will be able to turn their classrooms into production studios, their assignments into scripts, and their ideas into sound. NPR's Education Team is providing training materials and resources — how to use a smartphone to record audio, how to conduct an interview, audio storytelling tips and tricks — for both teachers and students. To help classrooms get started, NPR will also share suggested, but not required prompts, along with a set of criteria that judges will use to pick winning podcasts.

The NAEA School for Art Leaders at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art provides a transformative experience for art educators that both inspires and prepares them to become active leaders of positive change in the field of art education. Apply now to be a part of the School for Art Leaders Class of 2019!