Discusses the problem of stress and the performing artist. Suggests the need for programs, attitudes, demands, and lives that balance personal well-being with professional endeavors. (SR)

Describes how some high school students, encouraged by their theater-loving teacher, suspiciously approached Shakespeare, chose "Macbeth," made the language slowly their own, improvised scenery and costumes, delivered the performance with energy and pride and much extemporizing, and found themselves at last in love with Shakespeare and…

Discusses the reform context, the importance of standards, the importance of arts education, the benefits of arts education, and the arts and other core subjects. (RS)

Discusses the REAP (Reviewing Education and the Arts Project) Report, a quantitative meta-analysis of arts education studies of the last 50 years. Finds little quantitative support that the arts improve reading skills, but finds a strong link between classroom drama and various language outcomes. Discusses the nature and direction of arts…