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Curriculum and Planning | Funding | Other Partnerships |
Learning Standards

Curriculum and Planning

ARTSEDGE: www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org
The most comprehensive national network of information on arts education. Originating from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, the site provides tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects. The site also links to important sites, both national and international.

Arts and Business Council: www.artsandbusiness.org
Provides volunteers from business to work with arts organizations.

Arts Education Partnership: www.aep-arts.org
National resource of information regarding partnerships between schools and community-based arts organizations, directory of participating organizations with links, and state arts education contact list.

Association of Teaching Artists: www.teachingartists.com
Resource for educators interested in finding teaching artists in New York providing links, job listings and cultural organizations.

Davis Publications: www.davis-art.com
Davis Publications has many publications which integrate art into other subject areas. Though many of these guides are not museum-based curricula, they can stimulate your thinking.

LEAP: www.leapnyc.org
Learning through an Expanded Arts Program, Inc. is a visually-based arts organization providing educators with innovative ways to encourage creative exploration through hands-on activities.

National Art Education Association: www.naea-reston.org
Useful information for art educators. Funding opportunities may sometimes be available.

National Endowment for the Arts: www.arts.endow.gov
Information regarding national arts service organizations and an online arts community, as well as grant opportunities and program initiatives.

New York Foundation for the Arts: www.nyfa.org
Information for artists and educators promoting growth and creativity within the New York area.

Project Zero (Harvard University School of Education Arts Education site): http://pzweb.harvard.edu
Addresses issues of research, assessment, and program characteristics used to enhance an understanding within disciplines; and to promote critical and creative thinking.

State and County Arts Councils: www.nfcb.org/projects/artsCouncils.pdf
Provides Web addresses for county and state arts councils.

Studio in a School: www.studioinaschool.org
A visually-based arts organization in New York City bringing professional artists into schools and other local organizations to encourage creativity and awareness of the visual arts.

Young Audiences: www.youngaudiences.org
A national resource of information pertaining to grants, development, and an online discussion group.

Funding
These web sites will assist with investigating where funding opportunities are available.

Arts Wire: www.artswire.org
A national communication network for the arts community. Provides a database of cultural resources and opportunities for artists and organizations. This link will take you to the New York Foundation for the Arts website, the organization that sponsors Arts Wire.

The Center for Arts Education: http://www.cae-nyc.org
Funding and support for partnerships in New York City schools demonstrating how art contributes to learning and achievement.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: www.philanthropy.com
News source, in print and online, for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers.

Foundation Center: www.fdncenter.org
Extensive range of information regarding fundraising, including grantmaking information, publications, and frequently asked questions. A great resource is also their publication, The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing 3rd Edition.

Fundsnet Services Online: www.fundsnetservices.com
Offers a wide range of fundraising opportunities, programs, grant information, and many more resources.

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA): www.nysca.org
Provides support and funding for non profit arts and cultural organizations in New York Sate.

For examples of other partnerships:

New York State Council on the Arts: www.espartsed.org/granted_partnerships/index.shtml
Partnerships NYSCA now funds.

The Center for Arts Education: www.cae-nyc.org/programs/partnership.htm
Partnerships funded by The Center for Arts Education

For Learning Standards:

For a complete list of links for State and National Learning Standards, select the web site listed below:

www.topicseducation.com/links.htm

If you would like to go directly to a specific learning standard for a subject listed on this web site, you may select one of the following:

Arts:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
professional_resources/standards/natstandards/
standards.html

English & Language Arts:
www.ncte.org/standards/standards.shtml

Sciences:
http://books.nap.edu/html/nses/html

Social Studies:
www.socialstudies.org/standards/teachers/
vol1/subject.shtml

Math:
http://standards.nctm.org/