Creativity

When students are given space to tinker, overcome challenges, and explore independently and joyfully, opportunities to build up resilience and perseverance abound.

In schools, should we be empowering students to use their favorite digital tools to produce and engage with content? Research shows it can deliver surprising academic benefits.

ELA teachers can engage students by encouraging them to challenge themselves and discover the joy of learning.

Though they have the potential to excel in many fields, we’re neglecting a large body of students with a unique set of skills.

Delving into street art can fuel conversations and learning about Hispanic and Latino culture, heritage, and identity in creative and unexpected ways.

Structuring a school around the arts can help students excel academically and develop social and emotional skills.

Play-based learning can help older students remember new material and transfer their learning from one context to another.

Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.

In less than 20 minutes each, these six brilliant TEDx Talks explore topics like chronic exhaustion, cultural identity, and emotional intelligence, among others.

Asking middle and high school students to sketch something they’re learning can give teachers a clear sense of what they do and don’t understand.

Increased self-confidence and self-understanding, enhanced communication skills, and improved cognition are among the many reasons for teaching the arts.

Starting the year with a fun small-group project helps middle and high school students get to know and trust one another.