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National Associations Collaborate on Resources for Understanding and Promoting the Arts in ESEA Reauthorization and Appropriations Efforts
NAEA is an active and ongoing collaborator in working with all of the other national arts and arts education associations engaged in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA, referred to in the most recent legislation as No Child Left Behind).
Through participation in the Arts Education Legislative Working Group, NAEA has partnered with Americans for the Arts, the League of American Orchestras, MENC, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), Arts Education Partnership, Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), National Dance Association, State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE), as well as the American Association of Museums, Dance/USA, the Kennedy Center, NAMM, OPERA America, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), VH1 Save The Music Foundation, and VSA to monitor national developments in the reauthorization (legislative) and appropriations (funding) processes.
The Arts Education Legislative Working Group enables all of the cultural associations to work together to strategize the best approaches for advocating for arts education and positioning opportunities for furthering a collective agenda for the arts throughout federal legislation. This work includes monitoring the reauthorization of ESEA as well as the appropriation levels for arts education in both U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Arts. This also includes exploring other opportunities for the arts and arts education throughout federal agencies, with National Assessment Governing Board (oversight for the NAEP assessment) and the Corporation for National and Community Services as examples. This group also put together the NAEP Toolkit in conjunction with last year’s release of the 2008 NAEP Assessment findings.
The working group members have collaborated on developing and finalizing useful documents for understanding the status of reauthorization and appropriations. The most recent documents are provided below.
• ESEA Reauthorization Briefing Paper for Arts Advocacy Day 2010
• Arts in Education Appropriation Briefing Paper for Arts Advocacy Day 2010
• Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life (Unified Statement
for Endorsement) (Sign on information follows which includes the online link)
Sign On to the National Arts Education Advocacy Statement, Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life
The Arts Education Working Group, a coalition of national arts and arts education advocacy organizations including the National Art Education Association (NAEA), invites state and local organizations to join the movement to keep the arts in public schools by signing-on to a statement in support of arts education: Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life.
This statement communicates the benefits of arts education to policymakers at all levels. As federal lawmakers begin the process of reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (also known as No Child Left Behind), there may be uses for the document in ongoing work at the local and state levels.
The strong connection between federal law and what students actually learn while they are in school necessitates a coordinated action. The messages outlined in Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School Work and Life communicate the benefits of arts education not only to senators and members of congress, but also to school board members, superintendents, and principals. This statement provides talking points for individuals and organizations that want to make change in Washington and at home. Advocates are encouraged to use the statement when talking with local education decision-makers, share it with friends and parents, and post this link to their Facebook page. You can find the Unified Statement on this page here: http://artsactionfund.org/news/entry/speak-up-for-the-arts-in-schools.
This 2010 paper is an update of the 2007 unified statement, which was endorsed by more than 60 national organizations, representing a cross-section of stakeholders in federal education policy, including teachers, parents, administrators, schools, education policymakers, corporations, artists, and arts and community based institutions. The statement has been refreshed to reflect new research and policy.
If you would like to add your state or local organization's name to those already supporting Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life, please email Tim Mikulski, Arts Education Program Manager at Americans for the Arts, tmikulski@artsusa.org. The list of supporting organizations will be updated weekly.
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Consensus Statement and Policy Recommendations for a Well-Rounded Education
(released July 29, 2010)
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