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Imagine! Introducing Your Child to the Arts
Published by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2004. This reprint of the 1997 NEA publication revises and updates the previous edition's material on introducing children to the arts. Made for parents, the publication includes activities and suggestions in literature, dance, music, theater, visual arts, folk arts, and media arts aimed specifically at children ages 3-8 years old. Includes pull-out guide of arts activities. 68 pp.
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Learning
Through the Arts: A Guide to the National Endowment for the
Arts and Arts Education
Published by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2002. A
guide to the NEA's Arts Learning initiatives includes brief
descriptions of our arts learning grants, partnerships, and
programs; a thumbnail history of the Endowment's involvement
in arts education research; a section on successful projects
and programs that the NEA has supported; and a list of arts
learning partners and organizations. Altogether, the publication
demonstrates the Endowment's continued commitment to arts
learning for children and youth. 44 pp.
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Creativity
and Youth: Enriching Young Lives Through The Arts
Published by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2002. Provides
highlights of the NEA's Positive Alternatives for Youth program
from 2000-2002. Sixteen projects throughout the country are
profiled, providing a glimpse of the program's success in
bringing a range of professional artists and cultural resources
to youth in underserved communities through after-school,
weekend, and summer activities. 20 pp.
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The
Art in Peacemaking: A Guide to Integrating Conflict Resolution
Education Into Youth Arts Programs
This 2002 publication is the result of a four-year collaboration
between the Arts Endowment and The Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention. Designed to strengthen arts programs
directed to underserved youth, the initiative provided training
in conflict resolution skills to the artists, staff, administrators,
and young people participating in these programs. The National
Center for Conflict Resolution Education developed and provided
the training. This publication provides background on the
partnership and the rationale behind blending the arts with
conflict resolution. It details the nature of conflict and
provides arts based activities and ideas for integrating the
conflict resolution principles into all types of arts programs.
The resources section includes a bibliography and descriptions
of how participating programs incorporated conflict resolution
principles into their daily activities. 78 pp.
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How
the Arts Can Enhance After-School Programs
Published by the Arts Endowment in partnership with the
U.S. Department of Education, 2002. 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. 24 pp.
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Arts
Programs for Juvenile Offenders in Detention and Corrections:
A Guide to Promising Practices
This 2002 monograph was produced as the final product
of a two-year federal collaborative project between the Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Arts
Endowment. This publication documents the three pilot programs
and three enhancement sites in the project, describes the
elements of successful arts-in-juvenile justice programs,
recounts problem areas such as security concerns and recommends
solutions, and includes survey findings of 26 national arts-in-juvenile
justice programs with a summary report. 40 pp.
Publication is available by contacting the author, Grady Hillman,
at 512-467-8382, or at gradyh@prodigy.net.
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Critical
Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social
Development
Published by the Arts Education Partnership with support
from the NEA. Details the relationship between learning in
dance, drama, music, multiple arts, and visual arts, and the
development of fundamental academic and social skills. 160
pp.
Available in a PDF on the AEP Web site (www.aep-arts.org).
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The Following Publications Are No Longer Available From
The NEA, But Can Be Obtained From The Sources Listed: |
Arts Education Assessment Framework -
Pre-Publication Edition
(CCSSO, 1994) 115 pages
A framework for developing innovative testing methods to
assess artistic capabilities through creativity or performance
in the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress
in the Arts. An integral part of the arts education trilogy,
including the Goals 2000 Educate America Act and the National
Standards for Arts Education. Developed under a grant from
the National Endowment for the Arts and the Getty Center
for Education in the Arts.
Frank Philips
Council of Chief State School Officers
1 Massaachusetts Avenue NW #700
Washington, DC 20001
1-202-336-7046
Intersections: Community Arts and Education Collaborations
(Craig Dreeszen, Arts Extension Service, 1992) 46 pages
The report of a national study commissioned by the NEA. It examines and documents what
contributes to, and what blocks, successful community and
school partnerships on behalf of arts in education. It describes
strategic steps in the development of partnerships, fundamental
supporting systems, predictable problems, and specific trends
and challenges of developing and sustaining arts in education
partnerships.
Arts Extension Service
Division of Continuing Education
602 Goodell Building
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
$10.00 plus $4.25 handing/shipping
413/545-2360
National Standards for Arts Education
(Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, 1994)
Full Report: 133 pages/Summary Statement: 8 pages
A statement of what every young American should know and
be able to do in four arts disciplines - dance, music, theater,
and the visual arts. The Standards" scope is grades K-12,
and they speak to both content and achievement.
MENC Publications Sales
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 22091
ISBN: 1-56545-036-1
MENC Stock #: 1605
Price: $15.00 plus $3.00 shipping/handling
1-800/828-0229
Schools, Communities, and the Arts: A Research
Compendium
(Morrison Public Policy Institute at Arizona State University,
1995) 172 pages
A comprehensive review of current research on the implementation
of quality arts programs in schools throughout the United
States. Articles for the publication, written by a wide
range of arts educators and researchers, support the view
that the arts are valuable to a complete education while
identifying areas where more work needs to be done to make
the case for increased arts presence in schools. Available
in PDF.
The Arts and Education: Partners in Achieving Our
National Education Goals
(Collaborative Effort, 1995)
The product of a series of three meetings, known as the
Goals 2000 Arts Education Acting Planning Process, convened
by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with
the U.S. Department of Education during the summer and fall
of 1994 for representatives of over 100 national arts, arts
education, museum, education, higher education, parent organizations,
businesses, foundations and government agencies. The goal
of the meetings were to develop an action plan to maximize
the role of the arts in improving education and helping
schools and students achieve the National Education Goals.
This action guide reflects the discussions and recommendations
of that Goals 2000 Arts Education Action Planning Process.
Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership
c/o The Council of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW,
Suite 700
Washington, D.C.
20001-1431
(202) 326-8693
(202) 408-8076 (FAX)
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