District attorney says the initiative, which applies to minor nonviolent misdemeanors, promotes "human dignity"

As art schools start their new term in the UK, this week’s episode is an education special. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

“If you are interested in politics you will be far better off if you study maths or physics,” writes aide Dominic Cummings in his blog

Art and design institution announces five-year plan centred on $108m Battersea base

Ten museums across America will participate in an inaugural project launched by the Association of Art Museum Directors

Once an expert authority on Van Dyck, the museum now has nothing more to say about him than a link to an unverified website

While this year's A-level results show a rapid decline in arts subjects in the UK, countries outside of the West are stepping up teaching of creative subjects