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Newly updated in Spring 2012   PDF of Useful Quotes for Arts Advocates Advocacy Tip: A quote from an elected official representing your district or your community’s mayor, or a local business leader can be a smart, effecti...more

Connect with Your State's Arts Advocacy Organizations and Initiatives     Alabama Alabama Alliance for Arts Education Alaska Alaska Arts Education Consortium Inc. Arizona Arizona Citizens/Action for t...more

 This is piece in the New York Times covers a lot of ground as it advocates for a classical education. A classical education is very content heavy, and even though Fish could have done a better job of positioning the arts in this context, nevert...more

This publication of the Arts Education Partnership describes the benefits of arts education based on new research published by the Arts Education Partnership. It can be used for many advocacy purposes. (2006 - brochure) Making a Case for the Arts...more

 The Arts and The Creation of Mind, by Elliot Eisner. If you're looking for a place to start, you could do no better. This book, is fundamental....more

The NAMM Foundation along with a wide range of partners release its annual survey of the best communities for music education. Click here to view the press release and see the list, which as expected, is almost all suburbs. Anyone want to see ...more

Why the Popular STEM Acronym (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Should be Converted to STEAM, Adding Arts Future Leaders Need Arts Education by John Eger, as published in the San Diego Business Journal and reblogged on HASTAC Ege...more

Here's a real name-changer: The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, will now on be known as the National Guild for Community Arts Education. You can read about the change by clicking here. By retaining "National Guild" w...more

The NY Times has a magazine article preview on its website, of a piece titled: The Teachers Unions' Last Stand. Click here to read it. it's a facinating piece, that is required reading for anyone involved in K-12 arts education. And, yes, ...more

 Big news in the arts education community: David Dik is leaving the Metropolian Opera Guild to lead Young Audiences: NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA), the nation’s leading arts in education org...more