Arts Education Partnership

The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools. AEP was founded and is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and U. S. Department of Education in cooperation with the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. Together they are the Governance Committee of AEP.

The Partnership includes over 140 organizations that are national in scope and impact. It also includes state and local partnerships focused on influencing educational policies and practices to promote quality arts education. Partnership organizations affirm the central role of imagination, creativity and the arts in culture and society; the power of the arts to enliven and transform education and schools; and collective action through partnerships as the means to place the arts at the center of learning.

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New Poll Reveals Stifling Imagination in Schools Underlies Innovation and Skills Deficit Results from a national poll were released on January 24 by Lake Research Partners identifying a new strand of voters poised to support candidates and policy that ensures building capacities of the im ...

New Initiative Responds to Public Demand Arts Education Partnership (AEP) has joined with national, state, and local organizations on an agenda to restore imagination and innovation as key outcomes of learning. ...

Arts Education: Taking Stock of the Future
June 24, 2008 AEP Symposium in Washington, DC

www.theimaginenation.net
Find out more about a growing affinity group of voters who believe that schools have to teach the skills of the imagination in order to achieve innovation and prepare students for the 21st Century. ...

Arts Integration Frameworks, Research & Practice: A Literature Review
This literature review is an essential resource for anyone involved in the research, theories, or methods and practices of arts integration. It covers what has been written between 1995 and 2007 in ...