In three elementary schools in Tucson, AZ, music fills the air every day as part of an intensive effort to use musical arts education to improve learning and achievement. Virginia Kippelen reports on Opening Minds through the Arts.

Children struggle with many of the same mental health problems that trouble adults—but are less likely to be properly diagnosed and treated. A traveling art exhibit organized by the NYU Child Study Center helps make the world of childhood mental illness visible. The Center's Robin F. Goodman talks about the exhibit, and its mission.

Three young playwrights in May 2001 had the chance to see their works come to life on stage, with the help of professional actors and directors from Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Caitlin Johnson spent a day with the writers, directors and crew.

Teens faced off against established older writers last week in a closely-fought Washington, DC poetry slam. Julee Newberger reports on how DC WritersCorps helped some of these young poets find their voices' and make themselves heard.

A program that connects artists with teachers plays a vital role in today's arts education environment. Nick Geisinger reports.

In a converted old firehouse in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, low-income students and adult artists put technology at the service of artistic expression, in a unique organization called OnRamp@Sunset. Victoria Bernal, Benton Foundation program associate, reports.

Learn how to help your child—or any child—learn to appreciate the performing arts, and help promote a lifelong appreciation of cultural events and activities.

The December 1999 feature for TeacherSource, the PBS Online Web site for pre-k educators, provides ways for teachers to incorporate the arts in their curriculum and get interdisciplinary ideas on holiday arts activities from around the world.

Sure, they know Beethoven and B.B. King. But what else do kids get from a good music education? Find out in the first in a series of monthly columns by the Connect for Kids team.

This 1999 study is the first to examine how communities build and sustain arts education throughout their entire school districts. Gaining the Arts Advantage, produced by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and Arts Education Partnership (formerly the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership), looks at 91 school districts nationwide and identifies 13 interrelated factors that contribute to the creation of strong, district-wide arts education.