The Argonaut

An arts education, advocacy database for teachers, parents, students and business

     May 10th, 2008

  

Articles, Excerpts,Presentations

ADDRESSThe 2006 Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy - William Safire

ADDRESSThe 2005 Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy - Ken Burns

ADDRESS - The 2004 Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy - Doris Kearns Goodwin

ADDRESS - The 2003 Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy - Robert Redford

Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 - This report provides national data on arts education in public elementary and secondary schools during 1999–2000. Five surveys were employed in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the state of arts education.

ARTicle - About Learning Through the Arts - Dee Dickinson - New Horizons

ARTicle - Arts are Nice, but....The - Stephanie Perrin

ARTicle - Battle for National Cultures, The - Part II - In-Country - Canadian support for their own culture may seem impressive from the outside, but take away the loaded deck and what's left? Are cultural subsidies the only way to preserve national cultures? By Jack Miles & Douglas McLennan

ARTicle - Boston Public Schools As Arts-Integrated Learning Organizations

ARTicle - Case for the Arts, The - Eric Oddleifson - By cutting back on arts to strengthen their basic core curricula, schools may be taking a giant leap backward.

ARTicle - Education Through the Arts in Secondary Schools - Stephanie B. Perrin - Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum

ARTicle - Every Child Needs the Arts - Charles Fowler, D.M.A. - Creating the Future - Perspectives on Educational Change -

ARTicle - Global Crossing, Part One: The Movies - Countries around the world struggle to shore up their local cultures in the face of pervasive and seductive American popular culture. Are Americans the bad guys? By Jack Miles & Douglas McLennan

ARTicle - What's the Big Attraction? - Why teachers are drawn to using Multiple Intelligence Theory in their classrooms - Leslie Owen Wilson - New Horizons for Learning

A Conversation with Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on his 2004-06 Education Commission of the States Chairman’s Initiative: The Arts – A Lifetime of Learning - The Education Commission of the States Focuses on Integrating the Arts in Education. A press release of the announcement is followed by an interview with new chairman, Governor Mike Huckabee. New Horizons for Learning

The Necessary Role of the Arts in Education and Society: Finding the Creative Power Within Us to Control Our Lives and Shape Our Destinies - Eric Oddleifson - How the arts can transform society as we know it. New Horizons for Learning

The Window: Saving Creativity in Teens - Sebastian Lockwood - A college teacher and bard urges educators to continue to teach students to develop the processes of creativity as they grow. New Horizons for Learning  

see also - Articles and Reports of Support

see also - Reports