College of Education and Human Development

Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement

Arts for Academic Achievement: Perspectives of Long-Term Teachers and Principals

This report summarizes perspectives of teachers and principals who have been involved in Arts for Academic Achievement (AAA) for multiple years. Through teacher focus groups and telephone interviews with principals, the study participants talked about the benefits of AAA that they had observed for students and teachers, and what they had learned over the years about integrating the arts and partnering with artists.