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Apply Here: http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP11/LITA.html

Contact us today to receive your free Creativity Express Online Teacher license, active from the date of login until June 30, 2010! Eligible for Schools only.

The Family Choice Awards was founded by the Family Magazine Group, America’s largest free parenting publication, and is recognized as the premier resource for the very best in children’s and parenting products and services.

View more information here: http://www.ed.gov/programs/artsedmodel/applicant.html

View the request page here: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r8/asesuni09rfa.asp

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Education Department town hall covers students’ questions on college, academic standards, and global competitiveness

“We need to be much more creative and innovative in how we do things,” Duncan said. For instance, students today use cell phones and PDAs on a regular basis, he said, so coming up with creative ways to deliver content and curriculum involving technologies that students like to use is one way to grab students’ attention.

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All of the New York City Parks & Recreation After School Sites have been using Creativity Express since early 2008. Click here to download a PDF sample exercise used in their classroom.

Here are some examples of student’s artwork to go with the lesson:

Check out this report from The Center for Arts Education on the direct correlation between Strong Arts Programs and High Graduation Rates!

http://www.cae-nyc.org/staying-in-school/arts-and-graduation-report

Check out this artwork created by this 6th grade middle school student from Jackson Hole Middle School, from his own photo!  This is from our Creativity Express Creativity Builder “Monkeying Around.”

A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”

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Does education in the arts transfer to seemingly unrelated cognitive abilities? Researchers are finding evidence that it does. Michael Posner argues that when children find an art form that sustains their interest, the subsequent strengthening of their brains’ attention networks can improve cognition more broadly.

Check out this fascinating article at The Dana Foundation’s website - Click Here

Woodcraft Rangers’ Huntington Park Elementary After School program in Los Angeles using Creativity Express!