IEA Newsletter for Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Welcome to the Institute for Education and the Arts' newsletter for Wednesday, February 27, 2008. The newsletter is published each Wednesday to the IEA listserv and archived here on the IEA blog.

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PUBLICATION
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TRANSFORMING ARTS TEACHING: THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Dana Foundation
"This new Dana Press book examines innovations in arts-teacher training and features the best practices at 24 higher-education institutions. Also included are proceeings from The Dana Foundation's 2007 national symposium on how colleges, universities and conservatories can enhance arts learning.
Download a copy or request a print copy>>


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ARTS ADVOCACY
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BANDING TOGETHER TO FIGHT: SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM IS PRIDE OF IPSWICH - AND PARENTS DON'T WANT IT CUT
Steve Landwehr, The Salem (Mass.) News, 2/19/08
"When Ipswich parents found out their beloved grade school programs were on the chopping block next year, they screamed bloody murder. Music, it seems, is an integral part of what it means to be from Ipswich, and parents aim to keep it that way."
Read more>>

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INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
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PLEASURE, BEAUTY, AND WONDER AT HIGH TECH HIGH
Commentary by John M. Egar, San Diego Business Journal, 2/11/08
"High Tech High in San Diego is a remarkable example of art infusion, indeed infusion of the various disciplines. It consists of six schools: three high schools, two middle schools and one elementary school, all with 2,500 students and 200 employees. One hundred percent of graduates have been admitted to college, 80 percent to four-year institutions of higher learning. Each semester the entire faculty and student body are assigned a topic they work together on and that draws on all disciplines, forcing students to work collaboratively on real world problems. There is no math class or art per se. Rather, those disciplines — still taught, still relevant — are curriculum-infused, integrated if you will, into larger questions like: How does the world work? Who lives here? Why do things matter? Larry Rosenstock, CEO of High Tech High, points with pride to these projects as they bring all the disciplines and all the energy and intellect of the class together. He has been accused of running 'an art school in disguise' ... Indeed, High Tech High is not a school many of us would immediately recognize. It is a place and a curriculum that has turned the K-12 world upside down ... There are plans to create 10 more such schools throughout California."
Read more: http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=121985&link=perm

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CONFERENCE
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NATIONAL COMMUNITY ARTS CONVENING & RESEARCH PROJECT
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
3/16 - 3/18/08
Registration deadline: 3/4/08 ***coming soon***
"Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) will host a national convening to advance the field of community arts. Funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the National Community Arts Convening & Research Project will provide a platform for college and university faculty and students and community-based practitioners to meet and share resources and models for best practices in the field; define and solve current challenges facing the field; identify and discuss new research and generate new ideas; develop strong leadership; and cultivate new partnerships. Research and other writing generated through the community arts convening project will be published online in spring 2008 on the Community Arts Network (CAN) website and the Community Arts Convening project website at http://www.mica.edu/communityartsconvening. Liz Lerman, founding artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and a nationally prominent community arts practitioner, will deliver the keynote address.
Register here>>


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GRANTS, AWARDS, AND CONTESTS
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BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA
The NAMM Foundation and partner organizations
Deadline: March 3, 2008 ***coming soon!***
From the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts:
"The NAMM Foundation and leading advisor organizations are searching for communities that support music education and include music education offerings as part of a complete education for all students. The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts is proud to play a part in this important national recognition effort, and we encourage you participate in it as well by completing the ninth annual Best Communities for Music Education in America (BCME) survey."
Take the survey>>


BOOKS FOR CHILDREN GRANTS
The Libri Foundation
Maximum Award: N/A
Deadline: January 15, April 15, and August 15 each year
These grants partner with a library's Friends program to bring quality hardcover books to small and rural public libraries around the country with an annual total operating budget of less than $40,000.
Learn more>>

GRANTS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PERFORMING ARTS TEACHERS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Dana Foundation
Maximum Award: $50,000
Deadline: 6/4/08
"The Dana Foundation grants professional development programs for arts educators in rural areas of the United States ... The Foundation is interested primarily in training for in-school arts specialists and professional artists who teach the performing arts to students pre-K-12 in the public schools. To be considered for this round, you must fill out a Letter of Intent in which you must describe why the proposed service area is considered to be rural, what challenges this presents and how the proposed project addresses these challenges."
Learn more>>

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