This report identifies how involvement with the arts provides unparalleled opportunities for learning that enables young people to reach for and attain higher levels of achievement. The research provides examples of and evidence why the arts should be more widely recognized for their current and potential contributions to the improvement of U.S.…

Article is a detailed course description of a film study program with an excellent film bibliography. (GB)

In the middle years of schooling, size, measurement, shape and form build up a child's mathematical and visual concepts. A restless drive to create, to see what happens in making something, can provide the driving force in crafts. (Editor)

Lists a number of people who were creative and some who were not. Their example may serve as a guide for students involved in creative effort. (RK)

Composers of new music want musicians to create their own music and to realize their own creative powers. Author describes new music and lists examples for reference. (Author/RK)

Rejecting packaged crafts and kits, author urges teachers of crafts to provide for each child only the means to discover and interact with the materials he finds interesting and useful in his project. (Author/MB)

Discussion of a high school "happening which evolved from a unit incorporating the film "The Red Balloon ; illustrated. (RD)

An unusual approach to the definition of creative behavior and the development of educational programs which encourage creativity. (Editor)

Paper presented at a symposium held at Florida State University where various approaches to the use of drama in elementary and secondary schools were considered. (Editor/RY)

The residents of Toyohashi, Japan, believe that art should be a community project. Once a year, for two days, the city's largest park becomes a fantasy land created by the children of Toyohashi. (Author)

Business has many reasons for assisting the arts and numerous ways of doing so. (CK)

Edited version of a paper presented in the Education and Creativity Symposium at the congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (Adelaide, South Australia, August 1969). (Editor/SW)