On a recent forum, someone asked, “What are the creativity killers in the art classroom?” Good question. What stops students from reaching their creative potential? There are some creative killers that seemed to come up frequently. The larger question though is, how do we combat these creativity killers?  So, here are the three most common ones […]

The arts can be a source of joy in a child’s day, and also come in handy for memorizing times tables. By Perri Klass, M.D. March 4, 2019 In “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” Betty Smith’s 1943 autobiographical novel about growing up poor in the early 20th century, the public school that the heroine attends […]