Advocacy

2008 MASSACHUSETTS ARTS EDUCATION COMMITTEE AWARDS
Nominate an arts supporter today!

* Distinguished Arts Educator
* Schools of Excellence
* Excellence in School Administration
* Massachusetts School Committee Arts in Education
* Outstanding Parent Advocate
* Outstanding Artist-in-Residence/Cultural Institution
* Outstanding Community Arts Collaborative
* Corporate/Business Support of Arts Education

Deadline: April 23, 2008
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The Massachusetts Arts Education Committee Awards honor individuals and organizations that have made exceptional contributions to arts education and continue to make strides toward the goal of high quality arts education for every child in Massachusetts.

From 1984 through 2007, the Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education recognized over 150 teachers and arts advocates in our schools and communities for their accomplishments educating students and for supporting arts education. The Massachusetts Arts Education Committee of the National Arts & Learning Collaborative seeks to continue this important recognition of those who support arts education. Self-nominations are encouraged.

MAEC Awards will be presented at Lesley University at 12:30 p.m. on May 29, 2008 during the Massachusetts Arts Education Institute.

The 2008 MAEC Awards are supported in part by the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education.



• Arts and Learning Review: Arts – Every Child, Every Day

Borrowed from the Education Commission of the States Initiative on Arts in Education, the Arts and Learning Review seeks to raise awareness of the many benefits of student involvement in the arts, to develop better state level research, to equip constituents with tools to analyze and interpret information about the status of arts education in schools, and to support leadership in developing policies and practices to improve educational outcomes through the arts. NALC is working to bridge the gap between national initiatives and directives, policy, resources, and local practices by highlighting local and national efforts.

Click here to read the Winter 2007 Arts and Learning Review.

Click here to read the Winter 2006 Arts and Learning Review.

Click here to read NALC’s Winter 2004 Newsletter.

• NALC Arts in Education Service Award

NALC has recognized individuals who have contributed to the field of arts in education. Awardees have included:

   o Schuyler Chapin, Former Commissioner, NY Department of Cultural Affairs

    o Dick Deasy, Executive Director, Arts Education Partnership

    o Roberta Guaspari, Co-Founder, Opus 118 Harlem School of Music

    o Doug Herbert, Special Assistant on Teacher Quality and Arts Education, U.S. Department of Education

    o Thomas H. Payzant, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

    o Joseph W. Polisi, President, The Juilliard School

    Resources

NALC provides technical assistance by responding to inquiries and providing information to constituents from around the globe. NALC maintains a library with information on arts in education funding, research, model programs, and policy.   NALC also houses articles on the efficacy of education through the arts, such as those listed below.

Berger, R. Building a School Culture of High Standards. Washington, D.C.: Council on the Arts in the Basic Curriculum.

Fulbright, H. The Arts at the Heart of Learning. Washington, D.C.: Council on the Arts in the Basic Curriculum.

Oddleifson, E. (May 18, 1995). Boston Public Schools as Arts-Integrated Learning Organizations: Developing a high standard of culture for all. An address to the Council of Elementary Principals Meeting.

Oddleifson, E. The Case for the Arts. In Context: A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture, #27. Winter, 1991. Pp. 46.

Oddleifson, E. A Fifty School Arts Education Demonstration Project. New Horizons for Learning's On The Beam. Vol. XI, No.1. Fall, 1990. Pp. 4-5: 251.

Oddleifson, E. (August, 1996). The Necessary Role of the Arts in Education and Society. Hingham, MA: Council on the Arts in the Basic Curriculum.

Oddleifson, E. (November 5, 1996). To Perceive and to Imagine: Unleashing the talent and energy of teachers and students. Keynote address at The Balanced Mind Curriculum Conference. C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY.

Perrin, S. (Winter, 2004). Arts and the Psychological Growth of Adolescents. Independent School Magazine, National Association of Independent Schools.

Perrin, S. (1992). The Arts are Nice, But... Natick, MA: Walnut Hill School.

Perrin, S. Education Through the Arts in Secondary Schools. Natick, MA: Walnut Hill School.

Perrin, S. (December 6, 1999). Respect. Natick, MA: Walnut Hill School.

Perrin, S. (December 6, 2000). Transfer or Transformation: The impact of the arts on learning. Presented as part of the John Landrum Bryant Lecture Series Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA