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Measuring Success: Data Driven Dance
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, create, dance advantage, dance assessment, dance education, national standards in dance education, perform, respond, teaching dance
As dancers, we are consistently assessing performance- individually, technically, artistically, collectively, and so on.
Continue ReadingBarb Whitney: Advocating for Students through the Arts
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, Arts Education Field Guide, Arts Education for America's Students, Arts Education Partnership, ArtScan, Barb Whitney, Creative Many Michigan, Critical Links, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Doing Well and Doing Good by Doing Art, ESSA, Imagination Project, James Catterall, Lansing Arts Gallery and Education Center, MAEIA, UCLA
Access to the arts for students in schools offers an avenue for self-expression and a source of inspiration. Beyond that, the arts develop students’ critical thinking skills. Additionally, numerous studies prove the arts benefit academic...
Continue ReadingMAEIA at 10 – An Anniversary Celebrated!
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment MAEIA at 10
On June 22, 2022 the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment community gathered at the Wharton Center in East Lansing to celebrate 10...
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