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No. 235 | Art Education: The Development of
Public Policy
By the late Charles M. Dorn
Art Education: The Development of Public Policy
provides a socio-political analysis of American K-12
art education policy from 1850 to the beginning of the
twenty-first century. It seeks to acquaint the reader
with effects of government and foundation policy interventions
on the curriculum of K-12 art schooling, the influences
of these policies on how we view art and artists, and
how art educators are governed by the policymaking process.
Historically the book provides a 50-year overview of
art education curriculum reform from a policy perspective
through the identification of various federal and private
efforts to influence the K-12 art curriculum, the policy
windows which provided the political opportunities to
initiate sometimes unwanted curricular changes and the
special interests outside the field who have sought
to initate change.
The text presents various examples of public policy
interventions, monopolies, and rules initiated by governments
and foundations in order to insure compliance with conceptions
of how the artist lost its aura and how it was replaced
by current policies advocating the art student as a
social change agent and social reconstructionist. Put
at risk by this process was the time honored idea of
the progressives that the child should be educated as
the artist and that K-12 art education is to foster
creative learning.
228 pgs. {2005} ISBN 0-9715402-9-2
Nonmember Price: $35.00
Member Price: $30.00
No. 225 | The Changing Roles of Arts Leadership
Bonnie Rushlow, Editor
The role and expectations of the arts supervisor and
administrator have expanded beyond managing personnel
and programmatic activities to informing policy decisions.
Legislation such as the No Child Left Behind Act
exacerbated this paradigm shift. Thus, the role of arts
supervisors and administrators as leaders of change
has become more critical than ever. The authors understand
the implications of this shift and the resulting changes
in the responsibilities and expectations for effective
arts administration. Section I provides a historical
articulation of the changing demands on arts administrators
and their attributes. Section II suggests venues for
informing policy decisions—a quality that differentiates
the requirements and expectations of today's art supervisors
and administrators from those in the past. Section III
highlights the need for arts supervisors and administrators
to have 1) an acuity for informing local policy decisions;
2) a proclivity for understanding the implications for
national policy for local arts education programs; and
3) an understanding of research-based arts education
reform to move the field forward.
212 pgs. {2005} ISBN 1-890160-29-6
Nonmember Price: $25.00
Member Price: $20.00
No. 248 | Elementary Art Programs: A Guide for Administrators
This updated volume addresses fundamental issues central
to the administration of elementary art education in
American schools. It answers questions about key standards
concerning content, materials, instruction, and more.
This guide also addresses fundamental questions school
administrators should ask about elementary art programs
and is an important policy resource. It is also designed
to provide suggestions on organizing, implementing,
and assessing elementary art programs. Includes sample
floor plans and photos of assorted storage units, sinks,
tables, and much more. Use with parents, community groups,
and architects.
24 pgs. {2004} ISBN 0-937652-58-X
Nonmember Price:
$15.00
Member Price: $10.00
No. 250 | School Art Programs: A Guide for School Board Members and Superintendents
Guidelines for school administrators concerning what students should learn in art; components of the art program; curriculum and instruction essential; professional development; scheduling, facilities, and equipment/materials; evaluation; staffing; budgeting; and related issues. Can be utilized as an excellent policy and advocacy resource.
28 pgs. {1992} ISBN 0-937652-64-4
Nonmember Price:
$10.00
Member Price: $5.00
No. 224 | Promoting School Art: A Practical Approach
Phillip Dunn
The need to promote art education goes on, year by year. Put this book to work for you now: how to get school administrators and community leaders on your side; how to organize a group to enlist the support of legislators; how to use newspapers, TV, and radio to the best advantage. Use to map Goals 2000 and reform activities.
61 pgs. {1987} ISBN 0-937652-42-3
Nonmember Price:
$12.00
Member Price: $6.00
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No. 302 | Why Our Schools Need The Arts
Jessica Hoffmann Davis
This inspiring book leads the way to a new kind of advocacy—one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subjects, teach our children. Davis, a leading voice in the field of arts education, offers a set of principles and tools that will be invaluable to advocates already working hard to make the case and secure a strong place for the arts in education. She also reaches out to those who care deeply about education but have yet to consider what the arts uniquely provide. This book is for anyone willing to brave a new terrain in which the arts are finally embraced without apology!
Davis is a cognitive developmental psychologist and founder of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
150 pgs. {2008} ISBN 978-0-8077-4834-3
Nonmember Price: $22.00
Member Price: $20.00
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