Arts & Education

Websites
Americans for the Arts -- major arts advocacy organization.

The Arts Education Partnership -- a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic, and government organizations promoting the value of arts education in the development of youth.

Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development -- a summary report of numerous studies showing the value of the arts in education.

ARTSEDGE: The National Arts & Education Information Network -- supports bringing arts education to the center of the curriculum -- news, research regarding the impact of the arts on learning, teaching materials, and other professional resources.

The Imagine Nation -- an organization that believes that "building capacities of the imagination rests primarily with an education in and through the arts and that the arts are essential to invigorating the teaching of other fundamental school subjects." Read about initiatives across the country that are working to put these ideas into practice.

ArtsEdNet -- The Getty Foundation's arts education website -- lots of resources, lesson plans, and links.

More Art, Better Schools -- a good multi-part essay in support of more arts education in schools.

American Music Conference -- an organization that promotes and supports music education -- includes information about research showing the benefits of music education.

No Subject Left Behind -- an article about arts education opportunities and their value.

National Endowment for the Arts -- lots of great links and information about what is going on in the arts in education today.

National Arts and Disability Center -- promotes inlcusion of people with special needs in the arts.

Crayola Art Education -- a variety resources for educators, including lesson plans and project ideas that integrate the arts into a number of other disciplines.

Some Books and Articles
Consortium of National Arts Education Association. Dance, Music, Theater,
Visual Arts: What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in
the Arts. 1994. Reston, VA: MENC.

Davis, J. 2005. Framing Education as Art. New York: Teachers College Press.

Goldberg, M.R., and Phillips, A. 1992. Arts As Education.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review.

Reimer, B. and Smith, R.A. 1992. The Arts, Education, and
Aesthetic Knowing. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Smith, R.A. 2006. Culture and the Arts in Education: Critical Essays
on Shaping Human Experience. New York: Teachers College Press.