Bookshop: Oily Cart: all sorts of theatre for all sorts of kids
As a compendium and celebration of thirty years of inspirational children’s theatre, this book serves its purpose with clari…
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Education can help youngsters be copyright aware
Although education programmes are effective, more needs to be done to educate young people about what can be legally downloaded fr…
Wales says no to EBacc
A 14-month review of qualifications for 14 to 19 year-olds in Wales has rejected the EBacc in favour of retaining GCSEs as the mai…
Lords leap into action on arts in the EBacc
Government shows no signs of changing its view of the arts as an add-on to Secondary education.
Keep dancing
Linda Jasper calls for the proposed EBacc qualification to include the opportunity for young people to continue to study dance.
Cultural education for London schools
The future of education in London should include schools engaging with cultural institutions, teaching about the city’s cult…
Arts and schools – could do better
Cultural organisations need to tailor their offer to help schools achieve their individual goals in a cost-effective way, accordin…
EBacc crisis
Government proposals for replacing GCSEs will leave the arts outside the core curriculum
London leads the way
The Mayor’s Education Inquiry arrived last month, following extensive consultation with stakeholders across London. But what…
Eloise Malone reviews Arts Education and Contemporary Culture
This book provides a fascinating selection of thought-provoking nuggets on formal and informal pedagogy in the arts and cultural s…
My Gurus – Jane Bryant
Jane Bryant pays tribute to those who inspire her
Equipped for the challenge
Victoria Aspden explains how the EducationLive event is persuading teachers of the value of bringing school groups to the theatre,…
National icon, international reach
Schools around the world have been invited to tune into a live science lesson taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. Lucy Noble te…
Challenge and Change
How can education in galleries thrive in the face of challenging times for culture and education more generally? Jane Sillis is en…
Raising the game
Rob Smith has found a sustainable model for working with artist educators that provides artists with an income stream relevant to…
Multiple perspectives
A cross-curricular approach to education can validate the fundamental contribution of music to our lives, says Chris Harrison.
The devil in the detail
Will there be a mismatch between the vision articulated in the Henley Review of Cultural Learning and the strategies for making it…
The world’s a stage
Harper Ray explains how Globe Education is producing education resources that are as vivid for those further afield as for those a…
Hot to trot!
Sadler’s Wells has been selected to form the new National Youth Dance Company (NYDC), which will become England’s flag…
Free art school gets go-ahead
A bid by Plymouth College of Art to open a mainstream, city centre school for pupils aged 4 to 16 has been given the go-ahead by t…
Drama and dance remain on the sidelines
The draft programmes of study for the new primary national curriculum in English, while giving detailed specifications of what pup…
The creativity gap
Greg Klerkx explains how the legacy of Creative Partnerships is being carried on
Artists endure the double-dip
The value of work available to artists has suffered another downturn, falling almost to the level of the 2008 recession, suggests…
CLA keeps the pressure on education strategy
Concerns at the limitations of the Henley Review of Cultural Education and the Government’s response to it thus far (AP249)…
