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Advocacy
Resources
Arts
Education in Public Schools Resource Center
Americans for the Arts and the National School Boards Association have
teamed up to compile a very comprehensive online resource center, Arts
Education in Public Schools, which covers topics such as arts and academic
achievement, arts education policy, assessing the needs of your district,
making arts education a priority, funding resources and other valuable
resources. Access the advocacy section at:
http://ww3.artsusa.org/services/arts_education/resource_center/resource_center_004.asp
Arts
Education Partnership (AEP)
AEP
is a private, nonprofit coalition of education, arts, business, philanthropic,
and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential
role of arts education in enabling all students to succeed in school,
life, and work. The AEP web site has a wealth of research and advocacy
resources available in print and as PDFs. http://aep-arts.org
Arts
Ed 101: Getting StARTed in Marketing & Advocacy
Americans for the Arts (AFA) has a new addition to its website: Arts Education
101: Getting StARTed in Marketing & Advocacy. This section provides
starter tools and resources specifically tailored to reach parents, educators,
administrators/decision-makers, and youth. It is geared toward local arts
agencies and nonprofit organizations that are in the preliminary stages
of strategically communicating the importance of arts education to these
audiences. While this section provides a basic start on how to communicate
the importance of arts education to specific audiences, it is only the
beginning. AFA plans to add other strategies and resources. AFA welcomes
feedback from the field about successful strategies for communicating
the importance of arts education. Go to http://www.artsusa.org/issues/artsed/artsed_article.asp?id=1350
Art Teachers in Secondary Schools
Published by the National Art Education Association, this study provides
a complete portrait of secondary school art teachers--the largest contingency
of art educators in the nation-to date. The book's findings will serve
to inform and guide decision-making and advocacy. To order this publication,
go to:
http://store.yahoo.com/americans4thearts/160172.html
Art
Works: An Arts Advocacy Video
This video features students, educators, parents, and business leaders
giving reasons to support the case for arts education. Available from
Glencoe McGraw-Hill.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/art/arts_advocacy/index.php
Community
Arts Education Project
This publication is designed to help parents, local schools and school
districts to work together to determine the current status of arts education.
It will help provide communities with accurate information about arts
education and enable parents to advocate for quality arts programs in
their schools. http://www.artsed411.org/projects/caep.stm
Parent
Involvement in Promoting Arts Education
From the April/May 2005issue of PTA's "Our Children" magazine,
this article discusses how parents can play a vital role in the survival
of arts education in schools. For the full text, go to http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/familyfun/promoteart.asp
Tips
for Parent Advocacy
The National Art Education Association (NAEA) released a 14-page flyer
of tips that parents can use to promote and advocate art education programs
in their children's schools. Though the flyer was produced to help parents
advocate for visual arts education, most of the information is broad and
applies to all the arts. The flyer includes: a listing of what parents
can do, a fact sheet on the No Child Left Behind Act, a checklist for
parents on school art programs, tips on speaking at hearings and meetings,
writing letters, telephone and e-mail trees, personal visits, "Ten
Lessons the Arts Teach" and other rationales for school art programs,
a checklist for school board members, web links on advocacy, and resources
from NAEA. The flyer can be downloaded in PDF format at http://www.naea-reston.org/news.html#advocacy
Arts
& Economic Prosperity Report
Arts & Economic Prosperity: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts
Organizations and Their Audiences, released on June 10, 2002, reveals
that America's nonprofit arts industry generates $134 billion in economic
activity every year, including $24.4 billion in federal, state, and local
tax revenues. http://www.AmericansForTheArts.org/EconomicImpact
Arts
Education in Public Schools Resource Center: Supportive Research
Americans for the Arts and the National School Boards Association have
teamed up to compile a very comprehensive online resource center, Arts
Education in Public Schools, which covers topics such as arts and academic
achievement, arts education policy, assessing the needs of your district,
making arts education a priority, funding resources and other valuable
resources. Access the supportive research section at:
http://ww3.artsusa.org/services/arts_education/resource_center/resource_center_016.asp
Arts
Education Parnerships: Lessons Learned from One School District's Experience
Examines the range of arts programming parnerships in the Los Angeles
Unified School District and provides feedback from principals, teachers,
arts organizations and district arts advisors on the challenges and obstacles
in these partnerships.
http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG222
Arts
in Public Policy
The newest issue of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)
Advocate publication, "The Arts in Public Policy: An Advocacy Agenda,"
provides research findings and facts demonstrating the impact of the arts
in five areas: education, youth at risk, business, tourism and economic
development. Presented in an easy-to-read, bulleted format, it also incorporates
quotations from non-arts leaders. This latest addition to the Advocate
series is a useful tool for illustrating the benefits of public investment
in the arts and getting the arts on the policy agenda. Download the publication
as a PDF or order a $7 print copy:
http://nasaa-arts.org/publications/public_policy.shtml
Arts
with The Brain in Mind
Arts with The Brain in Mind, written by neuroscientist Eric Jensen, explores
research on the arts and its affect on learning. For more information
on this publication, go to
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/2001jensen/2001jensentoc.html
Champions
of Change: The Impact of Arts
Researchers found that learners can attain higher levels of achievement
through their engagement with the arts. Moreover, one of the critical
research findings is that the learning in and through the arts can help
level the playing field for youngsters from disadvantaged circumstances.
http://www.aep-arts.org
Critical
Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
This compendium of arts education research brings together a group of
studies focused on understanding the cognitive capacities used and developed
in learning and practicing the arts and the relationship of these capacities
to a students' academic performance as well as to their social interactions
and development. Order a copy on the web at:
http://www.aep-arts.org/CLTemphome.html
Gifts
of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts
During the past decade, arts advocates have relied on an instrumental
approach to the benefits of the arts in arguing for support of the arts.
Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts,
a new report by the Rand Corporation, evaluates these arguments and asserts
that a new approach is needed. This new approach offers a more comprehensive
view of how the arts create private and public value, underscores the
importance of the arts' intrinsic benefits, and links the creation of
benefits to arts involvement. http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG218/
Harvard
Project Zero Research Projects
Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking,
and creativity in the arts, as well as in humanistic and scientific disciplines,
at individual and institutional levels. For more information on Project
Zero Research Projects in the Arts, go to http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/ResearchArts.htm
How
the Arts Can Enhance After-School Programs
This document, published by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, focuses on the role
of the arts in after-school activities in neighborhood schools. Summaries
of recent research, key elements of successful programs, and highlights
of effective partnerships between schools and community-based organizations
are also provided. Download this publication at:
http://www.arts.gov/pub/ArtsAfterSchool/artsedpub.html
Impact
of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation
Released by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), The
Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation showcases the positive
outcomes of integrating the arts into schooling and youth intervention
programs. This latest report is second in a series of research summaries
designed to help governors and their top policy advisors learn about how
the arts contribute to economic development and community vitality. Download
this document at: http://www.nasaa-arts.org/nasaanews/nga.shtml
Improving
Arts Education Partnerships
Although arts education enjoys public support and has been shown to help
school children in many ways, it has recently become marginalized through
budget cuts and redirection of resources to other subjects. One way to
supplement arts education is through partnerships between schools and
arts organizations. This research found that joint-venture partnerships
can yield many benefits but are less common than simple-transaction partnerships
in which schools typically select prepared programs without a needs assessment.
http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB9058/
National
Education Data Web Site Launch
Schoolmatters.com collects and aggregates state data on per-pupil expenditures,
standardized test scores and enrollment demographics, teacher compensation
and other factors to facilitate comparisons across school districts and
between states. The site is administered by Standard Poor's School Evaluation
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and gets funding from
governmental and institutional sources. Go to http://www.schoolmatters.com
NCES
Survey on Arts Education
A recent government study of arts education in public schools reported
that the majority of students see or participate in some kind of school-sponsored
arts activity. In formal classroom instruction, music and visual arts
are available in most of the nation's public elementary and secondary
schools. Dance and drama/theatre instruction are less common, available
in a minority of both elementary and secondary schools.
To read a short summary of the study, go to:
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/nasaanews/public_schools.shtml
To view the original report, go to:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/quarterly/summer/3-3.asp
Young
Achievers: A National Summit On Arts Learning
This document, released by national arts provider Young Audiences, summarizes
topics discussed during an arts-in-education summit held in November of
2001 as part of a 50-year anniversary celebration. Three moderated panels
focused on the topics of accountability, program quality and community
engagement. A condensed version of this report is available in PDF format
on the Young Audiences web site at:
http://www.youngaudiences.org
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