03853nam 2200625Ia 450 991022010490332120240418090740.097866117364910-8330-4593-8(CKB)1000000000535225(EBL)357909(OCoLC)476182875(SSID)ssj0000237717(PQKBManifestationID)11176419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237717(PQKBWorkID)10221741(PQKB)10430977(Au-PeEL)EBL357909(CaPaEBR)ebr10235185(MiAaPQ)EBC357909(EXLCZ)99100000000053522520080213d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRevitalizing arts education through community-wide coordination[electronic resource] /Susan J. Bodilly, Catherine H. Augustine, with Laura Zakaras1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RAND Corp.c20081 online resource (109 p.)Rand Corporation monograph seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8330-4306-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-87).Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Purpose; Methods; Important Concepts; Report Organization; Study Limitations; Chapter Two - The Evolving Ecology of Arts Education; Scarcity and Variance in Public Arts Education of the 1970's; Setback Caused by Fiscal Crises; Development of Alternative Views of Purpose and Provision; Connections to and Effect of Other Education Reform Efforts; Organizational Ecology of Arts Education Today; Summary; Chapter Three - Coordination Efforts Within Six Communities; Alameda CountyBoston Chicago; Dallas; Los Angeles County; New York; Summary; Chapter Four - Strategies for Improving Access and Quality; Strategies to Improve Access; Progress on Access; Strategies to Improve Quality; Tensions and Limitations Inherent in Strategies; Summary; Chapter Five - Sparking and Sustaining Coordination Across Providers and Influencers; Coordination as an Enabler of Improved Access and Quality; Conditions That Foster Coordination; Conditions That Impede Coordination; Advantages of Participating in Coordination Efforts; Drawbacks of Participating in Coordination Efforts; SummaryChapter Six - Conclusions Findings; Guidance for Practitioners; A Sometimes Powerful, but Also Fragile Approach; ReferencesFor more than 30 years, arts education has been a low priority in the nation's public schools. During fiscal crises in the 1970's and 1980's in America's urban centers, arts teaching positions were cut. More recently, arts education in schools has dwindled as schools try to increase test scores in mathematics and reading within the time constraints of the school day. Some communities have responded with initiatives aimed at coordinating schools, cultural institutions, community-based organizations, foundations, and/or government agencies to promote access to arts learning for children in and out...Rand Corporation monograph series.ArtStudy and teachingUnited StatesCommunity and schoolUnited StatesArtStudy and teachingCommunity and school700.71/073Bodilly Susan J879920Augustine Catherine H.1968-891506Zakaras Laura891507MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220104903321Revitalizing arts education through community-wide coordination1991284UNINA