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"The arts speak to creativity and innovation as does no other subject and research, now coming in droves, supports such a statement from me. In our right-brain learning that you hear so much about lately, that is where it occurs with arts education instruction, increasing our students' capacity for learning in all our subject areas and helps employ habits of mind that are lifelong skills necessary for a happy, successful life." –Nancy Carr, Visual and Performing Arts Consultant, California Department of Education
California Alliance for Arts Education Audio News Conference, May 7, 2008
52% of people surveyed believe that NCLB's emphasis on English and math have reduced the amount of instructional time spent on other subjects like the arts.
PDK/Gallup Poll, April 2008
Listen to interviews with leading arts education advocates
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Integrating the arts into public education is a concept that is being applied in communities around the U.S.
National Research:
- Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination
Wallace Foundation
June 2008
- Artists in the Workforce
National Endowment for the Arts
June 2008
- Annual Arts in Schools Report 2006-2007
New York City Department of Education, March 2008
- Learning, Arts and the Brain
The Dana Consortium Report, March 2008
- Florida Music Assessment Project Executive Summary
Florida Music Educators' Association, March 2008
- Instructional Time in Elementary Schools: A Closer Look at Changes for Specific Subjects
Center on Education Policy, February 2008
- Think 360 Arts Complete Education Parent Survey
Think 360 Arts Complete Education, February 2008
- Studio Thinking: How Visual Arts Teaching Can Promote Disciplined Habits of Mind
Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland, October 2007
- MENC Survey Results Summary for The Harris Poll
Harris Poll, November 2007
- Choices, Changes and Challenges: Curriculum and Instruction in the NCLB Era
Center on Education Policy, July 2007
This report takes a look at how NCLB is shaping curriculum and instruction in the 5th year of this comprehensive study.
- Arts as an Industry: Their Economic Impact on New York City and New York State
Alliance for the Arts, May 2007
This study reveals that the arts have an economic impact of $21.2 billion and generate more than 160000 jobs.
- Arts & Economic Prosperity III
The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and
Culture Organizations and Their Audiences
Americans for the Arts, May 2007
This comprehensive study looks at the positive impact the arts have on economic prosperity in the United States.
- An Unfinished Canvas: Arts Education in California
Taking Stock of Policies and Practices
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 2007
This study is a comprehensive report on whether the state of California has met arts education standards. It compares its strengths and weaknesses to the rest of the nation.
- From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 4 of the NCLB Act
Center on Education Policy, March 2006
This research report takes a look at the impact of the fourth year of implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act on a geographically diverse list of schools and school districts.
- The
Arts and Civic Engagement: Involved in Arts, Involved in Life
National Endowment for the Arts, 2006
This publication reveals that people who participate in the arts also engage in positive civic and individual activities at significantly higher rates than non-arts participants. The report shatters the stereotype that art is an escapist or passive activity, showing instead that it is associated with a range of positive behaviors.
- Focus Group Research Findings "Arts-Active" Parents
2006
Findings from six focus groups with arts-active parents to develop a personality profile and inform a communications strategy for arts-active parents.
- Arts at the Core: Every School, Every Student
Illinois Arts Alliance, 2006
Almost 20% of Illinois principals surveyed report having no arts program in their school and 28% of superintendents said that none of the four arts disciplines were considered part of the core curriculum in their school district, despite strong verbal support.
- Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
National Association of State Arts Agencies/Arts Education Partnership, 2006
Research shows a correlation between arts training in schools and improved standardized test scores, as well as improvements in social and thinking skills.
- State Policymaker's Views on Arts Education
Education Commission of the States, 2006
Summary of interviews with 21 policymakers detailing similarities in opinions on the importance of arts education.
- Media Paints Art in Fading Light
Douglas Gould and Company, 2005
Media analysis highlights key themes and recommendations for projecting a more favorable image of arts education through the media.
- Mobilizing Support For Integrated Arts Education: National Opinion Research Findings
Douglas Gould and Company, June 2005
Summary of recommendations for advocates on how to build a constituency for integrated arts education in public schools.
- Fact sheet of National Opinion Research Findings (Mobilizing Support for Integrated Arts Education)
Douglas Gould and Company, June 2005
Integrating the Arts:
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Full Report and Executive Summary
Douglas Gould and Company, March 2005
Six focus groups and research to inform message strategies concerning the integration of the arts throughout elementary, middle and high school curricula across the country.
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