The Role of Arts Integration and Education in Improving Student Outcomes
If research is to inform state policy, important gaps in research should be filled.
January 2020
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Volume 20, No. 1
The ESSA Arts Indicator in Illinois: A Study in the Art of Policymaking
Arts educators bring creativity and process expertise to their work on statewide accountability.
Using ESSA to Leverage Arts Education Policy
Several states are using ESSA to increase access and quality in arts instruction.
From the President’s Pen: Evaluating the State Chief
Even more widely varied than how a state board is assembled is its scope of authority, with a few being solely advisory and others totally independent. All state boards have three primary levers: the powers of policy, convening, and questioning.
Using Arts Data to Match Community Organizations to School Needs
Six communities follow Chicago's lead in developing arts education census data and maps.
Arts in Turnaround Strategies
A+ Schools and Turnaround Arts schools commit to a model of school improvement.
NCSBEE Voice: Arts
All too often, arts programs are the first on the chopping block when schools struggle financially. Some states, however, are requiring schools to provide arts-related information on their statewide school report card.
The NASBE Interview: Gigi Antoni
For 21 years, Gigi Antoni led Big Thought in Dallas, a nonprofit focused on overcoming the opportunity gap for children in poverty. For her work in expanding access to arts learning, in 2011 she was named by President Barack Obama a Champion of Change for Arts Education. Since 2017, she has been director of learning […]