Arts
in Education Resources
The A+
Schools Program is the largest, longest
running, most successful arts-based whole-school reform effort in the
nation. Since 1995, A+ Schools has been using the arts as a catalyst
for creating connections and making school engaging, meaningful and
enjoyable places to teach and learn.
Americans
for the Arts – Arts Education Campaign
website includes quick facts, highlights from national research, and
arts education resource websites. AFTA is the nation's leading
nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education.
The
Arts Education Partnership
provides information and communication about current and emerging
arts education policies, issues, and activities at the national,
state, and local levels. The website landing page will allow you to
subscribe to their Arts Ed Digest, a source of national and
international arts education communications.
Arts
NC is the arts advocacy organization for the
state of North Carolina. The organization calls for equity and
access to the arts for all North Carolinians, unifies and connects
North Carolina’s arts communities, and fosters arts leadership.
The
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education
Network (KCAAEN) brings together educators,
school administrators, parents, cultural leaders, and citizens from
across the nation. KCAAEN seeks to advance the quality of education
through the inclusion of the arts in the curriculum. The Kennedy
Center supports the growth and development of the Network and the
efforts of participating State Alliances through staff consultation,
professional development, grant support, and other resources.
Developed
in 2009, the KCAAEN Arts Education Advocacy
Tool Kit is a resource for State Alliances
and the general public to use in planning, organizing and
implementing their arts education advocacy efforts. The Tool Kit
includes information on topics such as messaging, developing an
advocacy plan, and the nine habits of effective arts education
advocates. A companion video helps prepare advocates to make visits
to their state and national legislators.
The
NAMM Foundation SupportMusic.com
website is a comprehensive grassroots advocacy program focused on
music education but adaptable to any discipline. SupportMusic.com is
a public service initiative that impacts resolve and support for
music education in local communities around the United States and
abroad.
The NC
Arts Council supports and advocates for arts
organizations and individual artists. Our diverse audiences show that
the arts are relevant to the lives of North Carolinians and critical
to the future of NC and all of its communities. The Arts Council,
along with many partners around the state, seeks to create an
environment where all children have the opportunity to learn through
the arts.
The
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing
21st century skills into education. 21st Century Skills are those
skills business and civic leaders have identified as essential to
enable American workers to compete in today’s global economy. The
organization brings together the business community, education
leaders, and policymakers to define a powerful vision for 21st
century education and to ensure that students emerge from our schools
with the skills needed to be effective citizens, workers, and leaders
in the 21st century.
The
skills named as essential for our nation’s labor force are inherent
outcomes of training in music, theatre, dance, and visual arts. Those
skills include critical thinking and problem solving, communication,
creativity and innovation, collaboration, information and media
literacy, and contextual learning skills. Arts education is a
“ready-now” strategy for schools to accomplish the visionary
goals of the 21st Century Skills movement.
The
Research-Based Communication Tool Kit
is a comprehensive document that brings together several components
that advocates can use at state and local levels. Each component is
research-based, drawing on careful reviews and analyses of research
literature that confirm, explain and clarify the role of the arts in
various significant policy contexts. The sample materials in the Tool
Kit, prepared by a working committee of State Arts Agency Arts
Education Managers, are meant to be “boilerplate” so that arts
advocates can adapt them to their contexts and needs, quickly
creating targeted, personalized advocacy messages.
VSA
has fostered the inclusion of the arts in education for students and
adults with disabilities through work in classrooms and communities
for nearly 30 years. Now part of
The Kennedy Center, VSA administers numerous programs that stimulate
the use of the arts as a valuable educational tool in the classroom,
for life-long learning and as a means to develop skills for future
employment. All of VSA's work encourages individuals with
disabilities to be active participants in their education, in their
communities, and in the arts.
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