CCSESA Arts Initiative

Arts Education Partnership Launches New Digital Clearninghouse

sanderberg — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:19:37 +0000

AEP designed ArtsEdSearch.org as a digital clearinghouse—a kind of online one-stop shop for research and policy information about the educational outcomes of arts learning, both in and out of school. At ArtsEdSearch.org, high quality research is available in one place, readily accessible, and easily understandable. To date, ArtsEdSearch.org contains 200 summaries of research studies that include all arts forms and all levels of education, and this content will increase each year. AEP invites you to visit and explore ArtsEdSearch.org; there’s nothing else like it in the field!

Obama Administration Launches Arts Education Program to Turn Around Failing Schools

sanderberg — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:48:49 +0000

The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities announced a new Turnaround Arts initiative as a pilot project for eight schools with officials from the White House and U.S. Department of Education. Organizers said they aim to demonstrate research that shows the arts can help reduce behavioral problems and increase student attendance, engagement and academic success.

Kennedy Center Arts Integration Conference

sanderberg — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:36:40 +0000

Now is the time to submit your registration for the conference if you are planning to attend.

Registration is first come, first serve! Learn more about the conference and register here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/aiconference.

New Engines of Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture and Design

sanderberg — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:07:27 +0000

On April 30, the National Governors Association announced the release of New Engines of Growth: Fiver Roles for Arts, Culture, and Design. The report, prepared in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and NASAA, focuses on the roles that arts, culture and design can play as states seek to create jobs, boost their economies and transition to an innovation-based economy. Abundant examples from states illustrate how arts, culture and design can assist states with economic growth by: (1) providing a fast-growth, dynamic industry cluster; (2) helping mature industries become more competitive; (3) providing critical ingredients for innovative places; (4) catalyzing community revitalization; and (5) delivering a better-prepared work force. More / Report

Videos Ideas for Teaching Poetry in the Classroom

sanderberg — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:48:44 +0000

The power of poetry to excite some students about reading, writing and literacy is highlighted in this collection of videos compiled by digital media curator Amy Erin Borovoy. The videos include the story of one elementary-school teacher who holds weekly open mic sessions in the classroom as well as a step-by-step guide from a writing teacher on establishing a poetry slam at school. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-poetry-spoken-word-literacy

Call for Submissions for Special Edition of Harvard Educational Review

sanderberg — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:46:40 +0000

The Harvard Educational Review (HER) is now accepting stories from children, youth, and adult arts learners for its upcoming special issue “Expanding Our Vision for the Arts in Education.”

This special issue intends to push beyond traditional understandings of arts teaching and learning to consider how education in and through the arts best suits today’s sophisticated learners. It will bring together the voices of practitioners, researchers, and youth who engage in innovative arts learning, to provide a launch-pad for ideas that will push the boundaries of what arts education looks like (or may look like) in our current educational system. As part of this project, we are looking for stories from children, youth, and adult arts learners that address the question: How have the arts “expanded your vision?”

More information about this special issue, including the types of submissions sought, can be found here on the HER website. The deadline for submissions is Friday, June 1.

Call for Proposals for National Dance Association Pedagogy Conference

sanderberg — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:45:17 +0000

The National Dance Association’s (NDA) pedagogy conference entitled Dancing for Health and Wellness: Empowering Communities to Move and Live Healthy Lives through Dance will be held August 2-4, 2012 at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA. Proposals are being accepted until Friday, May 18.
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Conference sessions will include new ways of learning and teaching about dance and health, including scholarship/learning, researching and writing about dance, health, and movement. The following types of sessions may be presented:

Paper presentation session of original research, teaching applications, exploration or analyses of related themes
Panel or roundtable sessions
Workshop sessions presenting methodologies and applications
Technique classes
Poster Presentations

More information about the conference, including proposal submission details, can be found here on the conference website.

Arts Convening in Sacramento on May 15, 2012

sanderberg — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:31:08 +0000

Join county and regional arts leaders in Sacramento on May 15, 2012 at the Sacramento County Office of Education. Regional, county, district, and arts partners will be discussing Common Core State Standards, 21 Century Skills and the ARTS! Learn more about capacity building efforts happening statewide. For more information, click here.

CCSESA Arts Initiative Brochure Cover

sanderberg — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:59:15 +0000

CCSESA Arts Initiative Brochure Cover

sanderberg — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:58:48 +0000