Specifically, the health effects of music engagement, visual arts therapy, movement-based creative expression, and expressive writing—hence the use of visual arts, dance, music, and literature in the ...

While some argue that the arts are a nicety and not a core element of education, many educators point to its ability to increase focus and concentration in the classroom, qualities which help students ...

Mr. McAllister is a novelist and the author of the memoir “Bury Me in My Jersey.” I was grading assignments for an undergraduate course in memoir writing when I experienced a severe crisis of ...