A proposal to present to all the students of a rural county, live performance in music, ballet, drama and opera will support an existing project. Although planned for all elementary and secondary students, very young children are given special consideration in a small audience situation, where they can hear, see, and talk with the artists. Three…

The ways in which public funds have been used to support activities dealing with the arts in general education and the creative and performing arts are examined. Topics covered include: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, (2) teacher education under NDEA, NFAHA, and EDPA, (3) other OE-administered legislation with limited…

This report surveys projects involving the arts funded under the ESEA Title III Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE) program between January 1966 and July 1967. Over 20 percent of the projects funded during this period, 226 of over 1300, included at least one of the arts as a component. The survey covers planning projects,…

The essays in this book concern successful experiences with interdisciplinary education during the 1972-73 school year at the Humanities Center in Richmond, Virginia. The first section of the book focuses briefly on the program's seven humanities-related subjects (including the directors of each subject): filmmaking; printmaking; mime, dance and…

Nine art projects are described in this edition of the Title III Quarterly. Projects described include the Colorado Caravan, which brings live theater to elementary and secondary students and student participation to workshops in theater arts; a Skills Shop in the arts for teachers; Implementing Elementary Music Improvement (IEMI), a Tennessee…

A language arts program for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades is detailed in this document. Outlines of the scope and sequence of course components and lists of program objectives are given for each grade. Following these program objectives, the document consists of outline sketches for each course topic, including the scope and sequence of…

This issue of Kaleidoscope, a magazine devoted to the exchange of ideas among schools and teachers in Massachusetts, describes 50 arts and humanities K-12 projects. These projects illustrate the premise that if the arts and humanities are to have their needed impact on a child's growth and development, they must not be treated as superimposed…

The second year's activities of a fine arts educational program, funded under ESEA Title 3 and encompassing 184 schools in five central Illinois counties, are described and evaluated. The art activities evaluated are art demonstrations, art workshops, a materials resource center, adult programs, Saturday art centers, the Logan County Fine Arts…

This Metropolitan Educational Center in the Arts (MECA) project report details activities directed toward exploration, implementation, and evaluation of new and exemplary approaches to education in the arts in the City of St. Louis and the surrounding five-county region. The MECA projects described fall generally into three categories: 1) Projects…

Twelve articles describe projects demonstrating what can be done, with Federal assistance authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to advance public school educational quality and service. Seven stories cover Title 3 innovative programs designed to advance creativity in education; three deal with Title 1 projects; one…

This document is an evaluation and record of the Fine Arts Educational Improvement Project, a Title III, E.S.E.A. "PACE" project administered in the state of Illinois. The project functioned primarily in the subject fields of art, drama, and music. Within the general purpose of improving educational opportunities in the arts, the project…