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    Collaboration Paints A Bight Future For Arts Education

    By Learning Forward
    February 2011
    Vol. 32 No. 1
    Ask a group of struggling elementary school students which ones want to give up a month of vacation to go to summer school, and you’ll see few, if any, raised hands. Most students attend summer school not because it’s their idea of a good time, but because they need to in order to advance to the next grade. To many students — and even some teachers — summer school feels more like punishment than an opportunity to learn and explore. In July 2010, working with a nonprofit organization called Big Thought, officials at the Dallas Independent School District embarked on an approach to summer school they hoped would change that image and engage kids. The idea was to support teachers, artists, and others to replace

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    Kristine Hughes

    Kristine Hughes is a freelance writer based in Plano, Texas.

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    The wallace Foundation’s extensive web site offers several reports and resources on arts participation and arts education, including a brief on the Thriving Minds project in dallas: From Hip-Hop to Shakespeare: Dallas Blazes “Coordinated” Trail in Arts Education for City Young People (2008). Visit the knowledge center at www.wallace foundation.org for more information.

    References

    Bodilly, S.J. & Augustine, C.H. (2008). Revitalizing arts education through community-wide coordination. Santa Monica, CA: RAND & The Wallace Foundation.

    McCarthy, K.F., Ondaatje, E.H., Zakaras, L., & Brooks, A. (2004). Gifts of the muse: Reframing the debate about the benefits of the arts. Santa Monica, CA: RAND & The Wallace Foundation.

    Zakaras, L. & Lowell, J.F. (2008). Cultivating demand for the arts: Arts learning, arts engagement, and state arts policy. Santa Monica, CA: RAND & The Wallace Foundation.


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