1. Analyze and Clarify the Situation

RESOURCES

State

• Mass Arts Curriculum Framework
• MassCore
• Mass Board of Education's Arts Advisory Council
• Governor's Readiness Project

National

• National Standards for the Arts
• Professional Arts Education Associations
  • Music: National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
  • Visual Arts: National Arts Education Association (NAEA)
  • Theatre: American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE)
  • Dance: National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)

TOOLS

• Kennedy Center Community Arts Audit (this page has multiple resources)

Sample Surveys

• Community
• Arts Organization
• Student K-3
• Student 4-8
• Student High School
• Administrator

CURRENT RESEARCH

• Creative Minds/ Cognition
  The Arts develop cognition and creative thinking.
• 21st Century Workforce Skills/ Creative Economy
  The Arts develop skills and habits of mind crucial to 21st Century workforce preparation.
• Engagement/Drop-Out Prevention and At-Risk Students
  The Arts reach students who are not otherwise being reached and engage students in hands-on, project based learning.
• Civic Mindedness and Character Building
  The Arts develop character and promote civic engagement through community service and teamwork.
• State and National Regulations/NCLB
  NCLB states that the arts are "core academic subjects" to be taught sequentially. The new MASSCORE includes an arts credit in the recommended high school curriculum.

What Should be on your bookshelf?

ARTICLES & EDITORIALS

Keep Arts in Schools (organized by topic)

 

CURRENT NEWS

• Americans for the Arts
• Arts Education Partnership
• Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
• Massachusetts Cultural Council
• MA Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities