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 are expected to re-write the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) this year. 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.
Also, a large group of arts organizations crafted recommended actions for the Obama administration to take in order to strengthen support for the arts in communities nationwide. The unified policy recommendation for Arts Education, as well as the complete set of recommendations, can be viewed online.
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.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
MENC is among the world's largest arts education organizations, and addresses all aspects of music education. Through membership of more than 75,000 active, retired, and preservice music teachers. MENC provides resources to educators, students and education advocates.
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, 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.