Learning, Arts, and the Brain Summit on May 6, a Big Sucess - More details will follow.

Click here to see Jerome Kagan talk on Why the Arts Matter.

Johns Hopkins University sponsored a summit and roundtable discussion on the topic of Learning, Arts, and the Brain. The summit explored the widespread interest in how the arts enhance learning outcomes and contribute to cognitive and social development in children.

In March, 2008, the Dana Foundation Consortium on Arts and Cognition released a series of studies that advanced our knowledge of the relationship between cognition and the arts and, at the same time, shed light on the need for continued robust research. The release of this report coincides with the growing interest among scientists, educators, parents, educational publishers, and policy-makers to examine how learning can be enhanced through experiences in the arts. To explore these issues, the JHU Council on K-12 Education and the School of Education Neuro-Education Initiative, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Brain Sciences Institute, convened a group of researchers, educators, advocates, and policy makers to discuss what is known about arts and cognition, explore research priorities and opportunities, and develop methods of effective communication of findings to educators and stakeholders.