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NALC presents...
Massachusetts Arts Education Partnership Institute 2008
May 29
Lesley University, Cambridge
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Making the Case for the Arts: Policy & Advocacy
Featured presenters include: Lois Hetland, Jessica Hoffman Davis, Jane Remer, Paul Reville, and Anita Walker
Registration opens soon!
Presented in partnership with Lesley University and Massachusetts Cultural Council
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CHAMPIONS OF ARTS EDUCATION AWARDS
Nominate an Arts Advocate This Year!
Maintaining
a 20-year tradition started by MAAE, NALC and its advocacy group MAEC
will recognize outstanding arts education advocates at the Champion
of Arts
Education Award Ceremony on May 29th. Candidates are nominated by colleagues
and communities.
Watch your inbox
for more information!
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In Our Next E-Newsletter
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NALC Program, News,
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MAEP Institute Registration AND
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NALC NEWS
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Marshall students perform at Walnut Hill
The Student Council of the John Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester, MA, performed "Cool School Musical," an original mini-musical, at a Walnut Hill all-school assembly on January 24. Marshall Elementary School partners with Walnut Hill School through NALC's Arts & Learning Collaboratives Program. Now in its eighth year, the partnership between Marshall and Walnut Hill is one of three long-term partnerships supported by NALC.
Read more about the Marshall-Walnut Hill performance.
NALC Co-Founder Speaks at the Nation's Capitol
Experts from public, private, and higher education joined policy makers at a symposium entitled "Art, Adolescents, & the Transformation of Society" to sound an alarm about America's students lacking skills central to a knowledge-based economy. Listen to Stephanie Perrin's speech.
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Act Now...
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...Here's how:
National Arts Advocacy Day
Capital Hilton Hotel
Washington, DC
March 31 - April 1, 2008
- Arts Advocacy Training
- Congressional Arts Breakfast on Capitol Hill
- Meet with Your Members of Congress
Register online.
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Education News
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State News
Boston Globe Editorials
MCC Announces "Our Vision of Creative Minds"
The
Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) seeks to ensure that all children
in our state's schools have access to high-quality, creative learning
experiences. Read more about the initiative.
National News
Music Making on the Rise in the U.S.
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new U.S. Gallup Poll reveals Americans of all ages are continuing to
pursue music making and offers insight into the attitudes behind this
passion as part of the 2006 Music USA:NAMM Global Report. Read more. FOX Central Oregon, 03.10.08
What Knowledge Has the Most Worth?
Instead of becoming more like others who are eager to be more like Americans, American education needs to be more American - to preserve flexibility, protect individuality and promote multiple intelligences. Read more. School Administrator, 02.08
What can schools and parents do to help maintain a well-balanced curriculum for their students?
"The standards-based accountibility movement is having a great effect
currently, some good and some bad. When Congress renews NCLB this year
or next, it should consider amendments that would encourage a
comprehensive curriculum for every student. Parents should advocate for
that."
Read the full interview with Jack Jennings, Founder and President of the Center on Education Poilicy.
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EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES
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Opportunities
American Evolution: Arts in the New Civic Life
Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Philadelphia
June 20 - 22, 2008
Tracks include: Arts Education, The Arts and Civic Engagement, Leadership, Private Sector, Economic Development, Public Advocacy, and Public Art. The conference also includes a special training on evaluation, and a first-ever strand for teaching artists. For more information, click here.
Partners in Education Arts Integration Workshops
Presented by New Bedford Public Schools & the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in New Bedford
April 29, 2008: with Karen L. Erickson
Powerful Partners: Improving Student Writing Through Drama; 2:45 - 5:45 p.m.
Integrating Drama with the Early Childhood Curriculum; 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
May 13, 2008: with Marcia Daft
Musically-Moving Math!; 2:45 - 5:45 p.m.
Musical Adventures: A Door to Writing; 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
For more information, click here.
Resources: Publications
Transforming Arts Teaching: The Role of Higher Education: the Dana Foundation, 03.08
This publication examines innovations in arts-teacher training. Best practices at 24 higher-education institutions are featured, along with proceedings from Dana's national symposium. More...
The Arts at K-12's Center Stage, Finding Ways to Increase Student Access to Creative Learning: School Administrator, 03.08
The issue features articles that describe the latest research on arts education and its role in school reform, preparing students for future careers in the arts, and preparing student for success in the global economy. More...
Artful Teaching and Learning: Minneapolis Public Schools and the Perpich Center for Arts Education (2005.)
Minneapolis Arts for Academic Acheivement's Artful Handbook, offering ideas on how to integrate arts into your school curriculum, is now available for free downloading. (Note: Please be patient while the handbook loads.) More...
AIMprint: New Relationships in the Arts and Learning: Co-edited by Cyntha Weiss and Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein. (2008.)
Through curriculum samples, essays, and first-person testimony, AIMprint outlines teaching methods that account for students' diverse learning styles and offers an expansive model for arts integration in the 21st century. More...
Learning, Arts, and the Brain: a Dana Consortium Report organized by Michael Gazzaniga. (2008.)
The Dana Arts and Cognition Consortium brought together congnitive neuroscientists from seven universities across the United States to grapple with the question of why arts training has been associated with higher academic performance. Read their report.
Resources: Other
The Artful Thinking program, out of Harvard's Project Zero and Traverse City Area Public Schools, seeks to help students develop thinking dispositions that support thoughtful learning - in the arts, and across school subjects. For more information and to access resources, click here.
National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America aims to introduce students to America's art treasures and promote American history and culture by offering a set of 20 laminated posters and a teachers resource book. For more information, click here.
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