WASHINGTON, April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- RAND Corporation and The Wallace Foundation today released the following advisory.
WHAT: Telephone news conference to release a new RAND Corporation report: "Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination," commissioned by The Wallace Foundation.
Arts education has suffered severe cutbacks over the last several years. The No Child Left Behind Act's emphasis on standardized tests along with city budget crises have sharply reduced the time available during the school day for arts courses and the number of arts teaching positions. The report evaluates six sites where public-private coordination has made it possible for more children to benefit from arts learning: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles County, New York City and Northern California (Alameda County.) Arts education has been found to enhance children's ability to "learn how to learn" and to develop skills of persistence and teamwork and improve the overall school experience, sustaining children's interest and enthusiasm for learning. Because research links early arts exposure to participation later in life, arts education plays a vital role in ensuring America has a robust cultural life in the future.
SPEAKERS:
Daniel Windham, Director of Arts, The Wallace Foundation
Susan J. Bodilly, Director, RAND Education, and report co-author
Catherine H. Augustine, RAND Behavioral Scientist and report co-author
WHEN:
Telephone news conference: Wed, April 16 - 1:30 p.m. EDT.
PARTICIPATE:
Call Nancy Bennett at (000)-000-0000 to reserve a call spot.
Call (000)-000-0000 at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Wed, April 16, to join in the call.
Password: Arts Education.
ON WEB: Embargoed report will be available online Wednesday morning, April 16 at http://www.wallacefoundation.org .
RAND Education, a division of the RAND Corporation, is a leader in providing objective, reliable research and analysis on educational challenges that is used to improve educational access, quality and outcomes in the United States and throughout the world.
The Wallace Foundation is an independent, national foundation dedicated to supporting and sharing effective ideas and practices that expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people. Its three current objectives are: strengthening education leadership to improve student achievement; improving out-of-school learning opportunities; and building appreciation and demand for the arts. The Foundation maintains an online library of research reports and other publications that may be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.wallacefoundation.org .
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FURTHER INFORMATION:
RAND Corporation Office of Media Relations, 703-413-1100,
x5117 and 310-451-6913, media@rand.org, http://www.rand.org
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