Arts Education

“Cool Schools”

Group 5
Ashley Mitzel
Sara Beth Schaeper
Jessica Walzer
Rachel Harney
 Overview:
 Statistics: Arts in the Schools
 No Child Left Behind
 Government Funding
 Future Changes
 Limited Arts in the Schools
 Finding arts opportunities outside of school
 Arts Outreach Organizations and Programs
 Arts Education in Public
Schools
Young people who consistently participate in
comprehensive, sequential and rigorous arts
programs are:
• 4x more likely to be recognized for
academic achievement
• 3x more likely to win an award for school
attendance
• 4x more likely to participate in a math and
science fair
 It’s Not on the Test!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WFSN5AttlGk
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Reauthorization of the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA)
"According to the federal law, the arts are a part of the core
curriculum. And one of the messages that we need to get into
every one of the state capitols is that you have not done the
job compliance with "No Child Left Behind" until you not only
have fully implemented, but fully funded an arts education for
every single student in your public school system. It is a vital
part of what we must do in America today."
~ Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee
 NCLB Summary
Executive Summary from Academic Atrophy

American education has reached a moment of great opportunity and substantial risk.
On the one hand, implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind Act has fueled
a vital national conversation on how to improve education for all students. The law
reflects a growing consensus that high academic expectations are necessary
prerequisites to high achievement. It has prompted widespread discussion about
what students should learn, and when they should learn it. Most important, it
reflects a strong commitment to closing achievement gaps between white and
minority students.

On the other hand, No Child Left Behind may well contribute to a significant danger
that has not received the attention it deserves: At a time when school budgets are
under extraordinary stress, the exclusive focus of the law’s accountability provisions
on mathematics, reading, and eventually science is diverting significant time and
resources from other academic subjects.
 NCLB Background
• Based on four pillars
– Stronger Accountability for Results
– More Freedom for States and Communities
– Proven Education Methods
– More Choices for Parents
• Determines most federal funding
– Gives greater authority to states
– Title I
• Helps ensure that all children have the opportunity to obtain high-quality education.
• Includes low-income students, African Americans, Hispanics, and students with disabilities

• Other “key-words” of NCLB

– Assessment, Accountability, High-Quality Teachers
 NCLB and the Arts
• The Arts are a core academic subject!
– The term ‘core academic subjects’ means English,
reading or language arts, mathematics, science,
foreign languages, civics and government,
economics, arts, history, and geography.
• Opportunities
– Make sure state decision-makers are aware of
this.
– Apply for funding from programs that target ‘core
academic subjects.’
 NCLB and the Arts
• State Plans
– NCLB requires states to develop plans to improve
student achievement.
• States must challenge academic standards for math,
reading, and science, but allows for standards in other
subjects as well.
– Opportunities
• Assessment or include arts in the math, reading, and
science standards.
• Whole school improvement
• Perform an audit of the states arts education
– http://kennedy-center.org/education/kcaaen/resources/home.html
 NCLB and the Arts
• Emphasis on Research to determine what
works and what doesn’t work
– This presents a problem for the arts.
– The research must meet the scientific
requirements.
– Much of the research is anecdotal but not
scientific.
• We need to find a way to implement
assessment in the arts to show how great it
is!
 Discussion
• Even though NCLB made a significant
impact on the arts by including them as
a core subject, the legislation still bears
most of its weight on reading, math, and
science because of the assessment
requirements. How do we proceed from
here to ensure that the arts do not
become a “Lost Curriculum?”
 Complete Curriculum: Ensuring a place for the arts
and foreign languages in America’s schools
Summary Recommendations
1. Adopt high-quality licensure requirements for staff in the arts to ensure high-quality
instruction.
2. Ensure adequate time for professional development for staff in the arts.
3. Ensure adequate staff expertise at the state education agency to work in the areas of
the arts.
4. Incorporate arts into core graduation requirements and increase the number of credits
required for graduation.
5. Encourage higher education institutions to increase standards for admission and include
arts courses when calculating high school GPA.
6. Incorporate arts in the early years into standards, curriculum, and core requirements.
7. Advocate continued development of curriculum materials for the arts from the textbook
publishing industry.
8. Incorporate ALL core subject areas, including the arts, into the improvement strategies
promoted by NCLB.
9. Urge the National Assessment Governing Board to increase the frequency in the
administration of NAEP assessments for arts.
10. Urge Congress and legislatures to make a greater commitment to the arts.
 Funding for Arts Education
• U.S. Department of Education
– Title I funding
– AP Incentive Program Grants
– Comprehensive School Reform Program
– Gifted and Talented Students
– Magnet Schools Incentive
– Many more…
• The National Endowment for the Arts
– Learning Through the Arts: A Guide to the National Endowment for the Arts and
Arts Education
• State Funding
– Contact state arts agency - Ohio Arts Council
– The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
– The Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
 COMING SOON!

Reauthorization of NCLB

• The good thing is that many people want to change

NCLB, so now is the time to propose change to the
legislation.
 Ohio’s Credit Flexibility
Plan
Senate Bill 311 (Ohio Core legislation)
Enables “students to earn units of high school credit based on
a demonstration of subject area competency, instead of or in
combination with completing hours of classroom instruction”
Purposes
Learning can be customized around more of the
student’s interests/needs
Broadens the range of curricular options available to
students
Increases the possible depth of study of a subject
May demonstrate competency by testing out or pursuing one or
more educational options (distance learning, internships, etc.)
 Limited Opportunities

• Many schools do not offer programs

that prepare students to pursue their
arts discipline.
• Very limited.
• Every school is different.
Limited Opportunities in
Schools
• Band vs. orchestra
• Theory/S&D training
• General Arts vs. Specific
• No money for dance teams or
choreographers for musical theatre and
show choir
• Extra cost for students/parents
• Booster organizations
 Coursework in the Arts
High schools in the top third of
graduation rates had almost 35 percent
more graduates completing three or
more arts courses than schools in the
bottom third.
Access to Multiyear Arts
Sequence
High schools in the top third of
graduation rates were almost 10
percent more likely to offer students a
multiyear sequence in the arts than
schools in the bottom third.
Interlochen Center for the
Arts
 Interlochen
• Located in Northern Michigan
• Summer Arts Camp
• Study with instructors and put on
performances.
• Lasts approximately 4-5 weeks.
 Interlochen
http://www.interlochen.org/media/video-
camp-2009-highlights
Interlochen Arts Academy
High School
•Variety of arts concentrations to study
•Boarding School
•Students in class from 8-5
•Combine arts and academics
 Famous People that Attended
Interlochen Arts Academy
Felicity Huffman - Actor
Josh Groban - Singer
Jewel - Singer
Robert Snyder - Artist and faculty member - Chicago Arts Institute
Anthony Rapp - Actor
Lorin Maazel - Music Director/Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Peter Erskine - Jazz drummer
David Blum - Journalist Wall Street Journal; Esquire magazine; New
York magazine; The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Vanity Fair
Daniel Zwerdling - Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio
Tovah Feldshuh - Actor
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
 Blue Lake
• Located in Wisconsin
•Suzuki Family Camp
•Summer Camp Grades 5-12
•Adults Art Program
• Camp Bernstein
 • 5 week summer music festival
• Private study and orchestral work
• Recitals, master classes, chamber music
• Fringe Series
• Concerts throughout the year
• EMFKids
• Elderhostel
 Interlochen Expenses
• $35 Application Fee
• Writing Program - 3 weeks - $4,115
• General Arts Program - 3 weeks - $4,230
• Dance Program - 3 weeks - $4115
• Motion Picture Programs - 6 weeks - $6890
• Orchestral Music Program - 6 weeks - $7,040
• Theatre Arts - 6 weeks - $7,400
• Visual Arts - 3 weels - $4,325
 Blue Lake Expenses
• $200 application fee
• 2 week session - $1,075
• Additional fees depending upon
major/minor
 EMF Expenses
• 6 Week Program - $4,849
• Extra options: Alexander Technique -
$150 for the class or $50/private lesson
• Lessons for secondary instruments -
$325
 Outreach Programs
Let’s look at the efforts of different arts
organizations to bring the arts into
schools
 Dance Outreach
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Lecture demonstrations
Cincinnati Ballet
In-Step, 50 minute program
Creative Movement Residency, 15 week
program
CincyDance! 6 weeks of ballet classes to
elementary students
 Dance Outreach
BalletMet Columbus
DanceReach Residencies (meets ODE dance
standards)
Moving into Literacy (2nd grade)
BalletMet Momentum (4th grade)
Dance Informances (narration and audience
participation)
BalletMet Professional Company, athleticism
& expressionism of dance, $800
WOW! Window on the World, multicultural
presentation by BalletMet students, $355
 Theatre Outreach
Playhouse Square, Performances in schools
The Very Hungry Caterpillar… PreK-3rd grade
The Man Who Planted Trees, 55 minutes in length

Victoria Theatre Association

Chase Backstage Broadway, for area high school
students
Education Projects, begin with workshops in the
classroom

The Kennedy Center

Any Given Child
Partners in Education- helps arts organizations
develop partnerships with local school systems
 Visual Art Outreach
Cleveland Museum of Art
Art to Go (places history in the hands of the students)
Distance Learning (live videoconferencing,
international)

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Guided tours for students
Professional development workshops for educators

Cincinnati Art Museum

Off the Walls-bring an arts exhibition to the school
 Music Outreach
Lyric Opera of Chicago
OperaKids, children study music through an opera
adapted especially for them
Opera in the Classroom, 5 visits by a member of the
Lyric Opera Education Corps
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Musicians in the Schools
School House Symphony
brings musicians to the schools
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
xplorchestra! For families
 Music Outreach
ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus, OH)
Creative Hybrids, collaborative program with Jazz Arts
Group and Capital University to inspire young composers
Musicians from all 3 organizations visit 2 high schools
and invite students from each school to compose a
piece of music in a unique style
Students from 2 high schools meet at Capital to
compose the piece collaboratively using Noteflight
notation software
Received visits from composition professor and PMCO
board member, Dr. Mark Lochstampfor
 Schiel
Primary School for Arts Enrichment

Discover Your Talents

 What is Schiel?
• Cincinnati Public School K-3
• “Feeder”-school to SCPA
• 82% poverty
• “An experience that builds creativity while
introducing the arts, from kindergarten
through the third grade. An experience that
will stimulate children’s senses while opening
the door to discovering new talents.”
 What they offer:
• Strong Academics (Rated
Excellent)
• Art
• Dance
• Music
• Suzuki Violin
• http://www.fox19.com/Glob
al/category.asp?C=115558
 Academic success at Schiel
• Schiel does not let NCLB get in the
way of Arts Education
• Students and teachers are focused
in the classroom
• The arts act as the students
“outlet”
• Tutors (TA’s, secretaries, other
teachers, UC Bearcat Football
players)
• “Voyager” reading program
• High test scores because students
have SCPA to look forward to
 NCLB and Schiel
continued…
Interview with Janice Beaver at Schiel:
“Its difficult. A big part of the students
achievement actually is the arts. The
kids get pulled out so much, that there’s
not much fooling around going on in the
classrooms. Teachers are focused on
academics and students come into the
classroom ready to learn.”
 Funding for the Arts
• After-school programs are subsidized
(Schedule E).
• Rent-out their parking lots for events
• Charge minimal fees for after-school
programs (Tuition-based)
 Outreach at Schiel
• “School-House Symphony”
• Appalachian singers
• CSO demonstrations
• CCM demonstrations
• Playhouse in the Park
• Artists are brought into Schiel approximately 5x a
year
• Students also take field trips to various arts
performances throughout the year
School-House Symphony
After-School Enrichment

Dance Harp
Percussion Drawing
Drama Piano
Creative-writing
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