The Youth Program Quality Assessment, School-Age Program Quality Assessment and several extensions were designed to assess the quality of learning environments and to identify staff training needs. In the past, these instruments have only been available from the Weikart Center at the Forum for Youth Investment at a cost. Now, you are able to visit the Center for Youth Program Quality website and download each tool as a PDF for free.

CSEdWeek recognizes the transformative role of computing and the need to bolster computer science at all educational levels. Join teachers, students, parents, and others in this call to action to raise awareness about computer science education and computing careers by participating in CSEdWeek activities and events from December 9-15, 2012. 

The 2013 Space Foundation International Student Art Contest theme If I Were Going… challenges students to imagine how they would personally experience space travel, exploration or settlement – and then interpret that idea into an original work of visual art (drawing, painting or digital).

Every day, we see how cyberbullying hurts students, disrupts classrooms, and impacts a school's culture.  So how does one handle it?  What are the right things to do and say?  What can we do today that will help your students avoid this pitfall of our digital world?

The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is pleased to invite applications for the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.