RESEARCH

National

• Education
  • Alliance for Excellent Education (see Publications)
  • American Educational Research Association
  • Demographics
    • Census: Education Information
    • Census: Population and Household Economic Information
  • Educational Research Service
  • ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
  • Workforce Preparation
    • Education and the Workforce Resources
    • The Impact of the Arts on Workforce Preparation (National Governors Association)
    • Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Report, U.S. Dept. of Labor
    • "The Arts Help Build a Better Educated Workforce for the New Economy"

• Arts and Learning
  • Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
  • Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
  • Arts Education in American Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000
  • Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, 1999
  • Schools, Communities, and the Arts: A Research Compendium (1995)
  • California's Arts in Education Research Compendium
  • Eloquent Evidence: Arts at the Core of Learning
  • Arts Education Partnership Publications
  • Policies/Structures
    • National Standards for Arts Education
    • Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons Learned from School Districts That Value Arts Education
    • Gaining the Arts Advantage: More Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts Education
    • State Arts Education Policy Database

• Specific Topic Areas
  • Teaching Arts Disciplines
    • All Arts Disciplines
      • Upcoming Fast Response Report (large-scale survey of school principals; closer examination of elementary) by NEA/DOE
      • ArtsEdge Teaching Materials
    • Music
      • National Association for Music Education Publications
    • Art
      • National Art Education Association Publications
    • Theatre
      • American Alliance for Theatre & Education
      • Teaching Theatre: Educational Theatre Association's Quarterly Journal
    • Dance
      • National Dance Education Association
      • Who's Dancin' Now (dance curricula, resources, local links)
    • Design
      • Design as a Catalyst for Learning
      • American Architectural Foundation

• Educational Approaches
  • All Arts Education
    • NASAA Publications
    • NEA Publications
    • AEP Publications, including:
      • Why Your Child Needs the Arts Advantage and How You Can Gain It
    • NAEA Publications
  • Theory of Multiple Intelligences
    • Harvard Project Zero
  • Different Ways of Knowing (developed by the Galef Institute)
  • Specific Populations
    • Early Education
      • Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (contains materials from ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education)
      • MENC/U.S. DOE Report: Start the Music: A Report from the Early Childhood Summit, 2000
      • Young Audiences
      • Young Children and the Arts: Making Creative Connections, 1998
      • Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center
      • NAEA Publications on Art Education
    • Students with Disabilities
      • ArtExpress Curriculum
      • NEA's AccessAbility Resources
      • National Arts and Disabilities Center
      • ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
      • Issues and Approaches to Art for Students with Special Needs, 1999
    • Youth/Teens
      • Community Programs to Promote Youth Development
      • Arts and Public Safety Impact Study (RAND)
      • Secondary Art Education: An Anthology of Issues, 1990
      • Youth Learning Publications
    • Communities
      • Harvard Family Involvement Research Project Bibliographies
  • Delivery Systems
    • After-School Programming
      • How the Arts Can Enhance After-School Programs
    • Community-based Learning
      • Profiles of Community Schools of the Arts
      • Profiles of Outstanding Programs

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Photo credits
Top and bottom photos by Jessica Katz. Middle photo by Julie Quastler.