How Arts Participation Leads to Civic Engagement
The new U.S. research report Hearts and Minds: The Arts and Civic Engagement (2017, by Nick Rabkin for The Irvine Foundation) finds that arts participation, particularly art-making (more than audience attendance) is strongly related to increased civic engagement. This connection... Read More →
What do young people think and feel? Find out!
What the World’s Young People Think and Feel is reported in the Varkey Foundation’s new study: Generation Z: Global Citizenship Survey of young people born between 1995 and 2001. The report seeks to understand the lives and values of “Generation... Read More →
FEATURE: Developing & Supporting “Executive Function”
The abilities to exercise self-control and stay focused, hold information in mind and work with that information, problem-solve, and flexibly adjust to change or unexpected problems are important for all aspects of life – school, work, health, creativity, and not... Read More →
2016 Literature Review of El Sistema and Sistema-Inspired Programmes
Sistema Global announces the release of a 2016 update to their 2013 Literature Review of El Sistema and Sistema-Inspired Programmes. The report is the first and only broad foundation survey of the global Sistema field, and includes new research surveys... Read More →
Kudos to Aotearoa’s children and their aiga/whānau!
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage commissioned a research study of Sistema Aotearoa in Auckland. The findings affirm that students in the program advance beyond their peers in academic achievement, social development, and community identity. The report also... Read More →
Big Noise’s Impact: Sistema’s Scotland Research Collaboration Webinar
In May 2015, Sistema Scotland presented the research from a partnership led by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and including Education Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Audit Scotland, with data collected over the past two years from the first... Read More →