| Education
The North Valley Arts Council
(NoVAC) advocates for the inclusion of the arts in all levels of
education.
Grant Opportunities
Incorporating Art in the Classroom
No Child Left Behind
Putting Arts Front and Center
Research
Resources
Research
Arts education makes a tremendous
impact on the developmental growth of children, and has proven to
"level the learning field" across socioeconomic boundaries.
Additionally, art education:
- has proven to make a measurable impact on at-risk
youth by deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems, while
increasing overall academic performance.
- Strengthens student problem-solving and critical
thinking skills, adding to overall academic achievement and school
success. Plus, it gives students a deeper appreciation of the
world around them.
In fact, research shows that young people who
participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each
week for one full year or more are:
- 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic
achievement
- 3 times more likely to be elected to class
office
- 4 times more likely to participate in a math
or science fair
- 3 times more likely to win an award for school
attendance
- 4 times more likely to win an award for writing
an essay or poem
- Read for pleasure twice as often
- Participate in youth groups nearly four times
more frequently
- Perform community service nearly twice as often
Source: Americans
for the Arts, Arts Action Fund
Browse additional research
that documents the beneficial roles of the arts in education, compiled
by the Lake Agassiz
Arts Council.
Grant
Opportunities
North
Dakota Council on the Arts
The North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) is accepting applications
for the 2006 and 2007 Arts
in Education Programs, including the Artist-in-Residence Grant
Program; the Teacher Incentive Grant Program; and the Arts-in-Curriculum
Grant Program.
Grants
for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development
Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development
support projects that improve specific areas of humanities education
and serve as national models of excellence.
Arts
Education Resources
Americans
for the Arts' Arts Action Center
Providing one-click tools to write to state and local elected
officials about the value of arts in education.
Americans
for the Arts' Arts Action Fund
Americans for the Arts, the leading national nonprofit organization
for advancing the arts in America, has launched Arts Action Fund,
a major new initiative to involve individual citizens in advocacy
for the arts and arts education. The goal of Arts Action Fund is
to mobilize citizen activists to ensure that arts-friendly public
policies are adopted at the federal, state, and local levels, and
to maximize public and private resources.
Americans
for the Arts' Art Education Advocacy
Offering tools and resources to help promote policy developments
that increase the visibility and stability of the arts.
ARTSEDGE
Supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum
and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational
experience. ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach in, through, and
about the arts by providing the tools to develop interdisciplinary
curricula that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects.
The site offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use
in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development
resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction
and assessment.
Art
Education and Advocacy Resources
Providing a list of websites that offer arts in education and arts
education advocacy resources.
Arts
Education Partnership
A national advocacy resource that assists educators and organizations
obtain funding to support arts education in schools, in after-school
programs and in arts organizations.
Art
Teachers on the Net
Providing information on integrating the arts into the classroom
and resources for arts educators.
Kennedy
Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
Providing community partnerships, professional development, grant
support and other resources to ensure that the arts are a part of
American education systems. Schools can access free arts-based programming
through satellite or the internet. Visit www.kennedy-center.org/pwtv
to learn more.
Lake
Agassiz Arts Council, Fargo-Moorhead
Providing links to education research and resources.
National
Arts Education Association (NAEA)
NAEA promotes art education through professional development,
service, advancement of knowledge, and leadership. NAEA
National
Conference of State Legislatures (NCLS)
Providing information on state legislatures and arts in education
policies. NCLS also provides inform | 
