Findings Brain research shows the arts promote mental health https://theconversation.com/brain-research-shows-the-arts-promote-mental-health-136668 Government spends $4m to boost creative learning programme and hire 300 art teachers https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339328 The effects of arts-integrated instruction on memory for science content https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211949317300558 Arts teaching could become more important than maths in tech-based future https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2019/arts-teaching-become-important-maths-tech-based-future-education-expert/ Using arts education to help other lessons stick https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/well/family/using-arts-education-to-help-other-lessons-stick.html Teacher who won $1m will use windfall to get artists into schools https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jun/26/1m-teaching-prize-winner-launches-uk-school-arts-charity This is what matters in education, according to the world’s best teacher https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/why-art-really-matters-in-education-according-to-the-world-s-best-teacher/ Arts teacher wins 2018 global teacher prize https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/arts-teacher-wins-2018-global-teacher-prize