Most students attend summer school not because it's their idea of a good time, but because they need to in order to advance to the next grade. To many students--and even some teachers--summer school feels more like punishment than an opportunity to learn and explore. In July 2010, working with a nonprofit organization called Big Thought, officials…

After two years of planning, the Minneapolis Schools began a unique Urban Arts Program during 1970-71, funded under Title III of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Urban Arts is an arts school without walls for junior and senior high school students who leave their home schools part of every day during school hours to study with professional…

These 12 articles focus on the theme of the arts in gifted education and nurturing artistic talent in the schools. "The California State Summer School for the Arts and Some Thoughts on Advocacy for Arts Education" by William Cleveland describes a program for artistically talented high school students and proposes a workshop based…