Research and Resources

We hope you can use the below policies and studies as a jumping off point to advocate for your programs now and in the future. Have a resource or research report you think we should include? Send it to our Communications & Resources Manager, Molaundo Jones at mjones@nycaieroundtable.org.

Requirements for Arts Instruction in NYC

• State & City Requirements and Guidelines for Arts Instruction (includes Arts in Schools report)
• NYS High School Graduation Requirements
• NYC Blueprints for Teaching and Learning in the Arts
• National Arts Standards

Arts Education & Multilingual Learners

• Worlds together… words apart: An assessment of the effectiveness of arts-based curriculum for second language learners (AEP)
• Increasing the school engagement and oral language skills of ELLs through arts integration in the primary grades (AEP)
• Effect of a performing arts program on the oral language skills of young English learners. (AEP)

Arts Education & Students with Disabilities

• The Use of Music to Enhance Reading Skills of Second Grade Students and Students With Reading Disabilities (AEP)
• The effects of creative drama on the social and oral language skills of children with learning disabilities. (AEP)
• Students with Disabilities and the Core Arts Standards (VSA)
• The Intersection of Arts Education and Special Education: Exemplary Programs and Approaches (VSA)

Arts & Student Health/Wellbeing

• New Study Shows How Arts and Culture Improve Health, Safety and Well-being in New York City’s Less Prosperous Neighborhoods (NY Community Trust Press Release)
• The Arts in Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Participation (NEA)
• “Culture’s Contribution to Social Wellbeing & Neighborhood Vitality” – Culture and Social Wellbeing in New York City (University of Pennsylvania)
• Investigating Causal Effects of Arts Education Experiences (Houston’s Arts Access Initiative)

Benefits of Arts Education on Student Learning

• The Arts Education Data Toolkit (NEA / ECS)
• Preparing for Learning, Work and Life Through STEAM Education (ECS)
• Beyond the Core: Advancing student success through the arts (ECS)
• Preparing Students for the Next America (Arts Education Partnership)
• Review of Evidence: Arts Education Research through the Lens of the Every Student Succeeds Act (Wallace Foundation)

Digital Learning in Arts in Education

• New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age (Wallace Foundation)
• Weaknesses, Threats, Strengths, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities of Virtual Learning (Arts Ed Newark)

Resources for Parents

• Arts Education Parent Advocacy Toolkit (Center for Arts Education)

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