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From: Gail1611
Date: Sun Jun 04 2000 - 18:19:52 PDT

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    I know some of you are in need of this info. Gail


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    Hi everyone: check out this website

    >http://aep-arts.org/tfadvoc/tfadvocacy.html<
    to see some information about advocating for the arts - about the NAEP art
    Assessment, about Arts:Literacy for a Changing America, and SCASS (State
    Collaboration on Assessment and Student Standards).

    Below (from the website) is an excerpt from a speech by William Ivey of the
    National Endowment for the Arts.

    Ivey: "There are two kinds of evidence: evidence of accomplishment and need,
    and evidence of impact,
    transformations, modifications in the lives of young citizens and families.

    Your Arts Endowment has been involved in gathering both kinds of evidence:

           The Nation's Report Card tells us that creativity -- the ability to
    connect and convey disparate ideas
           and emotions -- can be nurtured and taught.

           It also tells us that a comprehensive, sequential education in the
    arts improves the creative skills of
           our children.

           As Secretary Riley discussed... in his speech, a new report,
    Champions of Change,
           research conducted by respected scholars, confirms the critical role
    the arts play in our children's
           overall education.

           Gaining the Arts Advantage, an unprecedented study of 92 arts-based
    school districts, has
           identified critical success factors -- in both policy and practice --
    that result from placing the arts at
           the center of our schools on a system-wide basis.

           Findings from YouthArts, a 3-year study of young people in or on the
    fringes of the juvenile
           justice system, were astounding. Behavior and grades improved.
    Delinquency dropped.

    These studies -- and others like them -- provide us with evidence to build
    upon our vision, argue societal
    need, and "make our case" to school boards and other policy makers." (end of
    quote)

    Another website:
    >http://www.aaae.org<
    has links to lesson plans and research on the arts.. (mostly integrated
    lessons plans with music, visual arts, dance etc. connecting to classroom
    subjects.)

    Marge
    Marge Dickinson
    19047 US Hwy 34
    Galva IL 61434
    309 932 2880 FAX 309 932 8207 mdart 

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