Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment grants, MCACA, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, project grants

Editor’s Note: This is hard to believe, but Chad says, “Arts in Education grants often go unused and the money is sent back to the state to be redistributed elsewhere.” Read...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment SEL, Social Emotional Learning

Social-emotional learning (SEL) has been a focus of discussion for educators and families in the 2020-2021 academic year, particularly as COVID-19 forced schools to adapt quickly, and in the process, highlighted the need to better...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment

More than half a year has passed since the state’s declaration of emergency, and despite the global pandemic, economic crisis, and ongoing struggles against racial inequity, at MAEIA we’ve been working diligently to...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts education, arts integration, communication, creative process, creative thinking, critical thinking, Joni Starr, social intelligence, transferable knowledge

Arts education benefits students because it affords them creative capacity and this allows students to be a part of making their own education instead of just receiving it. The creative process asks students to be...