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News, ideas, and helpful information for school leaders, educators, arts partners and arts advocates.

Latest Arts Learning News—

Learn more about research findings, investments, and initiatives related to the role of arts learning in schools and communities. Special emphasis is placed on news affecting arts education in Ohio.

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Perspectives—

Perspectives highlights the diverse voices engaged in conversation surrounding arts learning as a vital part of every student's education. It indexes articles written by or based on interviews with arts learning experts and arts advocates, as well as articles examining Ohio's role as a national leader in promoting arts learning as an essential part of the 21st century curriculum. Articles not yet converted to Web pages can be accessed by downloading the issue in which they appear.

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The Art of Improvement—

"The Art of Improvement" provides tools and tips that you can apply as you work to design, market, improve and evaluate your programs and partnerships.

Articles in "The Art of Improvement" are based on the Ohio Arts Council's series Focusing the Light: The Art and Practice of Planning and the Researched-Based Communication Toolkit published by National Association of State Arts Agencies. Recent workshops, presentations and publications by experts also inform some of the articles.

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Find out more about NASAA's Researched-Based Communication Toolkit.

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Editor: Deborah Vrabel
Contributors/Advisors: Mary Campbell-Zopf, Ohio Arts Council
Nancy Pistone, Ohio Department of Education