Arts Integration

Bringing the arts into core curricula raises student achievement and improves student engagement. Discover and share strategies for integrating the arts throughout core subject areas.

Arts Integration
4 Benefits of Photography for Autistic Students
A teacher who has used photography to build student engagement notes particular benefits for students on the spectrum.
Interest-Based Learning
Nurturing Student Creativity and Passion
At Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, real-world learning and majors in the arts and sciences encourage all students to flourish.
STEM
A School Rooted in Real-World Learning
A Philadelphia K–12 school focuses on arts and sciences to foster students’ passions and prepare them for college and careers.
Arts Integration
The Impact of a Visiting Artist Program
It can benefit students well beyond arts classes, function as an in-place field trip, and strengthen your school’s ties to parents and the community.
Environmental Education
Reuse It: Contact Lens Packaging for Classroom Crafts
Learning Environments
Photos: Classrooms That Really Move
These traveling art studios, science labs, and greenhouses are reducing barriers to access by meeting students where they are.
Arts Integration
Counted Thread Embroidery: Does it Have a Place in the Classroom?
Arts Integration
Music as a Teaching Tool
Incorporating music into almost any class can be a great way to teach content—and it doesn’t take special training or expensive resources.
Arts Integration
Setting the Stage for Arts Integration
A school in Louisiana got a start on developing a standards-aligned, arts-integrated curriculum by building a puppet theater.
Project-Based Learning
PBL and STEAM Education: A Natural Fit
Using project-based learning in science, technology, engineering, art, and math classes is a way to solve problems in real-world contexts.