Research Supporting Arts Based Learning
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
Eloquent Evidence: Arts at the Core of Learning
Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Social and Academic Development
Other Arts Based Schools
Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies is a holistic arts-based public school in Boulder, CO, with a multicultural curriculum which emphasizes sensitivity to nature. CSAP scores from this school are rated as excellent nearly every year.
The School of Arts and Sciences in Talahassee, FL was voted one of the eight best charter schools in the nation by the US Dept. Of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement. This school has a mission and vision very similar to Mountain Phoenix, highlighted by multi-age classrooms and an arts-based curriculum.
The Lab School of Washington is a K-12 arts based school in Washington DC accepts only those children who are learning disabled and can not be served by other schools.The arts based methods used in this school have been so successful that more than 90% of the school's graduates go on to college.
Other
Live Education has provided the base curriculum that will be used at Mountain Phoenix Community School.
ENKI Education is a unique and innovative approach: a multicultural, arts-integrated classroom and homeschool curriculum.