Music Education Advocacy: Resources and Links

Arkansas Law and Rules Affecting Music Education

Title 6-16-130 .pdf ~ Arkansas Code

Standards for Accreditation .pdf

Attendance at Certified Instructional Professional Development Sessions .pdf

Purchase of Instructional Materials .pdf

Lifetime Teaching License .pdf

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards .pdf

Non-Traditional Licensure .pdf

Personnel Policies .pdf

Professional Development .pdf

Renewing a Standard/Professional Teaching License .pdf

Reporting Student Criminal Acts .pdf

Teacher Evaluations .pdf

Visual Art/Music Instruction for Students in Grades 1-6 .pdf

Joint Statement on Arts Education

Advocacy and Public Policy (NAfME website)

Americans for the Arts

Arts and Economic Prosperity III

ARTSVOTE

Arts at K-12's Center Stage, The

(featured in AASA's The School Administrator: March 2008)

Why the Arts Deserve Center Stage - Richard Deasy

Bucking Trends: Expanding the Arts

- Kathi Levin

Creating a Brighter Workforce with the Arts

- Robert Lynch

The Arts in Contemporary Education

- John Eger

Creating a Whole New World

- Paul Houston

Arts Students Outperform Non-Arts Students on SAT .pdf
(Compilation: 2000-2010 College Board Stats)

Arts Education Partnership

Champions of Change .pdf
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement .pdf
Critical Links .pdf
From Anecdote to Evidence .pdf
Gaining the Arts Advantage .pdf
Strengthening State-Level Arts Education Partnerships .pdf

Annual Required Informational Meetings by School Districts

Block Scheduling Resources (NAfME)

Building Support for School Music (NAfME Online Pubs.)

League of American Orchestras

Advocacy Tools

Learning, Arts and the Brain .pdf

Learning in the Arts: Crossing Boundaries .pdf

Legislative Resources & Links

MusicFriends.org

Music Program Wellness Checklist .pdf

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Arts in Public Policy: An Advocacy Agenda, The .pdf

Creative Economic Development

For the Greater Good: A Framework for Advancing State Arts Education Partnerships .pdf

NCES 2002 Survey on Arts Education in Public Schools .pdf

No Subject Left Behind 2004 .pdf

Quadrant: Arts Education Research

Rally the Troops .pdf

Resources for State Leaders (National Assembly of State Arts Agencies)

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