TES, the largest network of teachers in the world, is launching a project to help transform the education landscape by giving teachers unprecedented access to the world's very best cultural and online teaching resources.
TES is joining forces with Ed Vaizey, Minister of Culture and the Digital Economy, together with the British Museum, the V&A, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Arts Council England to help put the arts at the heart of the classroom and also support the teaching of the core curriculum with a variety of world-class cultural and digital materials.
Research has shown that the study of the arts and humanities boosts broader academic achievement whilst at the same time enhancing positive civic values.*
The pilot has the potential to make a significant impact on the status of cultural education in the classroom by placing a wealth of digitised materials into the hands of teachers everywhere.