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NEA Announces New Director of Arts Education

by Laurie Baskin

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Three new stories from the world of Arts Education: NEA Announces New Director of Arts Education Beginning on July 2, the Arts Education Program at the NEA will be guided by Ayanna Hudson. Hudson joins the NEA from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission where she led the commission’s lauded Arts for All regional collaborative [...]

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Arts Education Status Report Released: Equity Gaps Remain

by Laurie Baskin

in Education

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On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education released the results of the Fast Response Statistical Survey’s (FRSS) Report on Arts Education, based on data gathered in the 2009-2010 school year. The arts education community has long called for federal data collection to be more comprehensive in scope and depth and that data be collected more [...]

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2011 Education Survey Launches

by TCG News March 28, 2012 Education

We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2011 Education Survey – TCG’s annual online survey of the theatre education field. We urge every Member Theatre to visit the education page on the TCG website at www.tcg.org/tools/education/ to fill out the survey. The deadline for completing the survey is Friday, April 20, 2012. Background: [...]

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Three Calls for Words on Arts Education

by Laurie Baskin February 14, 2012 Education

In addition to last week’s announcement of the NEA Roundtable, I wanted to share three newsworthy items concerning arts education: 1) NYU Forum on Theatre for Young Audiences, Future Directions in Theatre for Young Audiences, April 27-29, 2012 First up, NYU is holding a forum on theatre for young audiences and has issued a call [...]

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Upcoming NEA Roundtable and Webcast

by Laurie Baskin February 8, 2012 Education
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The National Endowment for the Arts will host a webcast, Improving Arts Learning through Standards & Assessment: A National Endowment for the Arts Research Roundtable on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM EST at www.arts.gov. No pre-registration is necessary; to watch the webcast, log on to the NEA’s website at the [...]

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NORC Releases Final Report on Teaching Artists

by Laurie Baskin December 21, 2011 Education
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The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago has released a landmark report on a three-year study of teaching artists (TAs) – artists who make teaching a part of their professional practice.  Teaching Artists and the Future of Education found that their work is critical to the future of arts education and [...]

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