For over 30 years, arts education has been a low priority in the nation's public schools. Arts teaching positions were cut, and arts education in schools has dwindled as schools try to increase test scores in mathematics and reading within the time constraints of the school day. Some communities have responded with initiatives aimed at…

Eight New York state school districts received funding to establish models in arts education and to form an Arts in Education (AIE) network. The purpose of the AIE is to share with the rest of the state its findings and experiences. The model sites share a number of essential characteristics, among them: (1) coordination; (2) art and music…

The three concept areas defined in this curriculum guide are: (1) space and structure, (2) movement, and (3) color and light. Each concept area contains five objectives that students are expected to meet by the end of the eighth grade. For example, the space and structure concept has as its fifth objective "to recognize that an artist…

This arts resource guide is designed to serve as a companion document to the New York Learning Standards defined for each major curricular area. The guide provides teachers with information, strategies, learning experiences, sample assessments, and specific discipline materials to be used in the arts curriculum development process within each…

In a departure from conventional learning and teaching, this New York State course syllabus was planned to provide high school students with opportunities in design and drawing, and experiences in creative thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving. The two-semester course presents an introduction to a universal graphic language by using…

This monograph, developed to enrich the literature on multiculturalism, includes 25 articles on the subject. The articles are: (1) "Multiculturalism and an Assessment of Its Critics: Key to an Understanding and Acceptance" (A. J. Williams-Myers); (2) "The New Demographics" (Charles G. Treadwell); (3) "'Multiple…

Describes a cooperative program between York College (CUNY) and Public School 95Q in Jamaica, New York. Discusses how the preservice teachers work with elementary students in art, music, and reading instruction. Asserts that the program stimulate real-world readiness for the future teacher. (CFR)

This document consists of five consecutive volumes (19 issues) of the newsletter of the New York State Federation of Chapters of Council for Exceptional Children, covering the 5-year period 1987-1991. Selected major articles from the last three years are are follows (only first author noted); (1) "Whole Language and Special Education"…

Media literacy education is being explored by scholars in many different fields (including education, literature, media studies, psychology, and public health), but there is less evidence of implementations occurring in K-12 settings. With more than 1.3 million teachers in U.S. public schools, it is impossible to estimate the extent to which the…