The Argonaut

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

   September 11th, 2007 

  

Articles and Reports of Support

12 Benefits of Music Education

22 Reasons For Art

A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts

A rationale for music education  

American Canvas

Americans Overwhelmingly Want Music Education In Schools

 Art Every Day

Art: The Fourth R

Artless Budgeting

 Arts are on the Outs

Arts are Worth Supporting 

Arts and Learning: Professor details how arts enhance three R's

Arts Ed 101: Getting StARTed in Marketing & Advocacy

Arts Education Partnerships - Lessons Learned from One School District

Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000

Arts education talking points

Belonging, being, and promoting music in education

Benefits of Drama Education

Benefits of Music Education

Brief comments on music education advocacy

Business Values: How Arts Education Builds the Skills that Business Values

Can the Arts in Education Help Your Child to Learn?

Champions of Change

Children Need Music

Children and Art - They Go Together

 Closing the Door on Afterschool Programs

Communities rally to supplement art for students

Commentary - American Canvas

Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development

Current Research in Arts Education

 Early Childhood Research Supports Art Education

Essential Facts: Music Advocacy

 Every Child Needs The Arts  

Excellence in Arts Education - What Does it Look Like

Functions of music in education, The

Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts

Highlights Of Arts Education Research 

How the Arts Enhance After School Program

How the Arts Contribute to Education

Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation

Integrating the Arts Throughout the Curriculum

Just the 3 R's?

LA Times: Artists are the heart and soul of a community

Learning Through the Arts: A Guide to the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Education  

Making the Case for the Arts

Making the Vision Happen

Money Could be Saved: Billions in Charity Money Could Be Saved, Study Says

Music Advocacy Facts and Statistics

Music education as a powerful stimulus for brain plasticity

Music in the formal school Program

Once Again, Music Lessons Enhance IQ

Putting Arts Education Front and Center

Report 36 - Effects of Arts Education on Participation in the Arts

 Schools Schedules Sideline the Arts

Sharing the Vision

Study Links Lyrics, Aggression

The Art in Peacemaking: A Guide to Integrating Conflict Resolution Education Into Youth Arts Programs

The Arts are an "R" Too

The First R

The Fourth "R" in Education: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Art 

The Performing Arts in a New Era

The Power of Music  

The Power of Music - Summary

 The Sound of Silence (SOS)

The Tally So Far

Three Rs Are Essential, but Don’t Forget the A—the Arts

Tips for Parent Advocacy

Tips to Foster Communications with Elected Officials

Young Minds Force-Fed With Indigestible Texts

What Are They Teaching Art Students These Days

What Can Education Learn from the Arts about the Practice of Education?

What Can You Do With An Arts Degree

Why Arts : Making the Case for Arts Education

Why Children Need an Arts Education Renaissance 

Why I Teach Music

Why Music Education?

Why Music? PSA messages.

Why study music in school?

Why the Arts? 

Why the Arts Are Important? 

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