Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life
A group of the largest national education associations have joined ranks with the arts community to ask for better arts education opportunities in our nation’s schools. The messages outlined in Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life will directly communicate the benefits of arts education to policymakers as they begin to re-write the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2007. As this unified statement-in-progress demonstrates, there is strength in numbers and value in partnering with common stakeholders. Consider mining this statement for talking points your orchestra can use immediately in local advocacy that supports music education in your schools. Also, review the list of national signatories and consider their local members as potential partners in your education advocacy efforts. Arts education advocates are currently advancing specific legislative recommendations as Congress re-writes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Arts Education Partnership
The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) is a rich source of research about the importance of arts education. The League is a member of the AEP steering committee. The total Partnership includes more than 140 national arts, education, business, philanthropic, and government organizations.
Supportmusic.com
The League is an active member of this national coalition, dedicated to increasing music education opportunities for all learners. Supported by MENC: The National Association for Music Education and NAMM, the International Music Products Association, www.supportmusic.com invites you to plug in the challenges to music education in your community, and generates the arguments you can use to address them. Newly available is the SupportMusic Community Action Kit, which provides tools for music education advocacy.