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Andrews, Melissa; Lucas, Michelle; Archuleta, Helen; Christian, Cinda; Williams, Holly – Online Submission, 2022
The Creative Learning Initiative (CLI) is a city-wide collaboration between MINDPOP, the City of Austin, Austin Independent School District (AISD), and more than 100 art and cultural organizations dedicated to equitable access to creative learning and the arts for every student in Austin. The CLI model is grounded in research showing that arts…
Descriptors: School Districts, COVID-19, Pandemics, Creativity
Andrews, Melissa – Online Submission, 2020
In this brief report, students were grouped into three distinct categories for analysis, based on patterns that emerged in arts participation during high school, which we named spartans, explorers, and deep divers. The patterns in arts participation represent not just the students, but also the opportunities and barriers they encountered. We found…
Descriptors: School Districts, High School Students, Equal Education, Art Activities
Andrews, Melissa; Jensen, Mishan; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2019
The Creative Learning Initiative (CLI) is a community-wide effort to bring creative learning and the arts to each and every student in Austin. Lead by MINDPOP, the City of Austin, and Austin Independent School District (AISD), CLI designs systematic and sustainable programs that integrate creativity, creative teaching strategies, and the arts with…
Descriptors: School Districts, Creative Teaching, Creativity, Access to Education
Andrews, Melissa; Jensen, Mishan; Christian, Cinda; Williams, Holly – Online Submission, 2019
The Creative Learning Initiative (CLI) is a community-wide effort to bring creative learning and the arts to each and every student in Austin. Lead by MINDPOP, the City of Austin, and Austin Independent School District (AISD), CLI designs systematic and sustainable programs that integrate creativity, creative teaching strategies, and the arts with…
Descriptors: School Districts, Creative Teaching, Creativity, Access to Education
Andrews, Melissa; Christian, Cinda; Williams, Holly; Zhao, Hui – Online Submission, 2019
National research shows that students attending arts-rich schools have higher levels of motivation and better academic and social success. This report, the first in a series of three on the Creative Learning Initiative, is used to track the progress of our district's investment in the whole child through the arts and creative teaching at each…
Descriptors: School Districts, Art Education, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement