CommonGround
2008
Mindful Innovations
How
No Child Left Behind Affects
the Arts and How You Can Affect
No Child Left Behind
John
Abodeely, Moderator
Arts Education Manager, Americans
for the Arts
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National experts
will share knowledge on NCLB's impact
on the arts in schools, including narrowing
curriculum and assessments, and will
invite participants to join our efforts
to reform the law.
See/download
PDF's of workshop materials:
Arts Education
Funding and Research
Arts Education
Research Summary
Strengthening
Arts Ed in NCLB
Unified
Statement on Arts Education
Legislative
Recommendations
Workshop Powerpoint
Keep
Arts in Schools Powerpoint (PDF)
The
session will begin with a briefing to
get audience members up to speed
on current research on the impact of
NCLB, current policy analysis by arts
education experts, and efforts to reform
the law in support of the arts in schools.
Participants will also learn how NCLB
has affected NYS specifically. Following
that information delivery, we'll share
anecdotes, answer questions, and get
specific about NCLB's impact since its
passage (2001) in each of the participant's
professional lives.
Conference Strand:
Core Knowledge
Educators: will
share how NCLB impacts their classroom
experience; will understand how federal
policy trickles down to classrooms; and
will understand how to support current
efforts to change NCLB.
Artists: will
share their experience in changing residency
goals and frequency since 2001; will
understand intricacies of NCLB that necessitate
changes in cultural partnerships
with schools; and will understand
how to support current efforts
to change NCLB.
Cultural
Organization Administrators: will
share their experience in changing
partnerships with schools; will share
changes in schools' functioning and
perceptions of the arts since 2001;
will understand intricacies of NCLB
that necessitate changes in cultural
partnerships with schools; and will
understand how to support current
efforts to change NCLB.
Education Administrators:
will share their experience in changing
partnerships with cultural organizations;
will share changes in their schools'
use of the arts since 2001; and will
understand how to support current
efforts to change NCLB.
Community/Parents:
will share their experience in how schools
have changed since NCLB; will understand
intricacies of NCLB that necessitate
changes in cultural partnerships with
schools; and will understand how to support
current efforts to change NCLB.
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John Abodeely leads
the Arts Education Network, a national
network of 1,500 individuals and organizations,
including arts and arts education professionals,
artists, educators, and community leaders,
who work to improve
access to and quality of arts education.
He oversees national partnerships,
professional development services,
field events, and peer-to-peer communications.
John’s work is supported by the
Arts Education Council, an advisory
leadership council of Americans for
the Arts. His previous
work includes statewide arts advocacy
and technical assistance for community-based
arts education.
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