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September 12, 2018
external resource from The New York Times, Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning?Students are continuing to see teachers who are a different gender than they are, and a different skin color. Does it matter? Yes, according to a significant body of research: Students tend to benefit from having teachers who look like them, especially nonwhite students.
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July 23, 2018
external resource from The Hechinger Report, A Summer Program Uses the Arts to Combat the Achievement GapWhile students of all socioeconomic classes tend to learn at about the same pace during the school year, the impact of summer learning loss is cumulative, and low-income kids can be as many as three years behind their peers by fifth grade. Baltimore is combating that trend.
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July 11, 2018
external resource from Education Commission of the States, What School Leaders Can Do to Increase Arts EducationBuilding on the first release of “What School Leaders Can Do to Increase Arts Education” in 2011, this updated guide offers three concrete actions school leaders can take to increase the arts in education in their schools.
Education Commission of the States
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November 9, 2018
external resource from NAEA, NAEA School for Art Leaders: Apply now!
The NAEA School for Art Leaders at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art provides a transformative experience for art educators that both inspires and prepares them to become active leaders of positive change in the field of art education. Apply now to be a part of the School for Art Leaders Class of 2019!
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October 29, 2018
external resource from The New York Times, The Library of Congress Lets You Stream Hundreds of Free Films
The Library of Congress has unveiled its new National Screening Room, a free collection of digitized historical films, commercials, newsreels and other clips. According to the library, most of the movies are in the public domain and are available for downloading; others are only available to stream.
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October 26, 2018
external resource from National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Are You Ready to Take the Next Step in Your Professional Career?
National Board Certification is the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education. Board certification is available in 25 certificate areas spanning 16 disciplines from Pre-K through 12th grade. For Art educators this means you will continue to develop your knowledge and skills and specifically around the education of early and middle childhood student‘s learning or with early adolescent and young adult student’s learning and social emotional needs as well as your practice as a whole.
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October 23, 2018
Call for Submissions | Instructional Resources
Get published! Have a great idea for teaching with a work of art? Turn that idea into an instructional resource to share with other art educators in NAEA's Art Education Journal!
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October 22, 2018
NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition
The Call for Artwork for the 2019 NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition is now open! Submission deadline: EXTENDED to December 5, 2018, 11:59pm ET.
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October 22, 2018
external resource from Sky News, Banksy Reveals he Meant to Shred Entire £1m Girl With Balloon Painting
Street artist Banksy has posted a new video about the shredding of his famous Girl With Balloon painting, implying that it was supposed to have been completely destroyed in the stunt.
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