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Author Bodilly, Susan J.

Title Revitalizing arts education through community-wide coordination / Susan J. Bodilly, Catherine H. Augustine, with Laura Zakaras.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., ©2008.
Publication Info. ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 87 pages)
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Series Rand Corporation monograph series
Rand Corporation monograph series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-87).
Contents The evolving ecology of arts education -- Coordination efforts within six communities -- Strategies for improving access and quality -- Sparking and sustaining coordination across providers and influencers.
Access Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers Unrestricted online access star
Summary For more than 30 years, arts education has been a low priority in the nation's public schools. During fiscal crises in the 1970s and 1980s in America's urban centers, arts teaching positions were cut. More recently, arts education in schools has dwindled as schools try to increase test scores in mathematics and reading within the time constraints of the school day. Some communities have responded with initiatives aimed at coordinating schools, cultural institutions, community-based organizations, foundations, and/or government agencies to promote access to arts learning for children in and outside of school. The objective in this study was to investigate this phenomenon in six urban U.S. communities Alameda County (which includes Oakland and Berkeley) in Northern California. Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles County, and New York City -- descriptively and comparatively analyzing how these efforts started, how they evolved, what kinds of organizations became involved, what conditions fostered or impeded coordination, and what strategies were used to improve both access to and quality of arts education. The evidence gathered (through a comparative case-study analysis based on site visits, a document review, and interviews with 120 experts across the six sites) is positive in that it documents signs of progress in promoting access to arts learning experiences for children, but it is also cautionary. When seen in light of the historical factors that have impeded access to arts learning in the past, the six efforts are, generally speaking, fragile. To succeed in the long run, coordinated efforts such as these must have committed and sustained leadership, supportive policy, and sufficient resources.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Language English.
Subject Art -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Community and school -- United States.
Art -- Étude et enseignement -- États-Unis.
ART -- Reference.
ART -- Performance.
Art -- Study and teaching
Community and school
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author Augustine, Catherine H., 1968-
Zakaras, Laura.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Bodilly, Susan J. Revitalizing arts education through community-wide coordination. 9780833043061 (DLC) 2008006853 (OCoLC)193907851
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