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April 17, 2020

Coping with Covid-19: Just Get Messy!

An interview with children’s author Rita Meade The impact of reading out loud books to kids is transformative in so many different ways. Children respond differently to the “messy message”…

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March 16, 2015

Why Arts Education Matters

March 12, 2015 By Judith Light My mother taught me when I was three years old to memorize and recite "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Everybody laughs, but it's absolutely…

March 16, 2015

Why Arts Education Matters

March 12, 2015 By Judith Light My mother taught me when I was three years old to memorize and recite "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Everybody laughs, but it's absolutely…

September 16, 2014

Josh Groban on Why Art Matters

Josh Groban.Photo by Olaf Heine "Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected, and it's important now more than…