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art advocacy sites repost

From: Rick (rlarson)
Date: Mon Jun 05 2000 - 13:53:46 PDT

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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.) 

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