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Research & Assessment

Big Thought has been performing research on creative learning supply, demand and quality in Dallas for more than 10 years. During that time, friends and partners both local and nationwide have joined us to observe and assess our progress.

PowerPoints from The Arts Roundtable in Charleston, South Carolina -- The morning sessions you can see here. The afternoon session you can see here.

Conferences – Have you been to a conference featuring one of our speakers lately? Email us to receive any presentations and other materials discussed.

Archive – For Thriving Minds Planning Research and older research reports and findings, please visit our Research Archive.

Our Research & Literature		How Others See Our Work
	Summer Learning Report 2011		From Hip-Hop to Shakespeare
	Thriving Minds Summer Camp Report		Nonprofits and Evaluation: Evaluation as Part of a Learning Culture
	Creative Learning: People and Pathways		Banks Building Markets by Building Communities
	Building a System of Opportunities for Creative Learning		City Schools: How Districts and Communities Can Create Smart Education Systems
	Equity of Opportunity: Creative Learning Census		Texas New Step
	Responding to and Building Demand: Arts Activities of Dallas ISD Students		360 Degrees of Literacy: A Look at a Community Partnership in Dallas
	Improving Quality		Field Notes: Nurturing Young People's Creativity
	Nurturing Creative Capital		Critical Perspectives: An Interview with Gigi Antoni, President/CEO of Big Thought
	More than Measuring
	Enriching Minds, Growing Our Future

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