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VT Arts Education Documents and Resources
Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities
Also called "The Framework"
Vermont School Quality Standards
Requirements for local assessment, arts education, and graduation requirements
Vermont Grade Expectations for Music, Visual Arts, Dance and Theatre
Vermont's K-12 Arts Standards
The Transformation of Education in Vermont
A Framework for Education from the Vermont State Board of Education (Approved 8/1/08)
How Are the Children - A Step toward the Transformation of Education in Vermont
A Statement of Vermont's future written by Former Commissioner Richard Cate and the VT State Board of Education (10/3/07)
The Rowland Foundation
Learn about paid sabaticals for Vermont teachers
What the Arts Teach
Top 10 from Dr. Eliot Eisner published by NAEA
Arts Resources - US Dept of Education
From Secretary Duncan: "the importance of the arts..."
"the arts... are part of a complete education for all students. The arts help students become tenacious... team oriented..."
US Secretary of Education states "arts are core subjects"
Read Secretary Duncan's statement on the NAEP Arts Report Card and how important the arts are in a 21st Century Education
Learning, Arts, and the Brain
FREE download - A study three years in the making, is the result of research by cognitive neuroscientists from seven leading uni
The Importance of Arts in NCLB from US Secretary of Education
An open letter from Secretary Ron Paige (2004)
Keep Art Alive Under NCLB
An article from Education World 10/10/08
VT Arts Education Video Resources
Integrating Crocheting and Math
This TED video is an INCREDIBLE arts integration of crochet, math and science. It lasts about 15 minutes, but is well worth seei
More on the video listed above
More information on Margaret Wertheim and the Math/Crochet Project
TED Video: Ken Robinson
2006 address by Sir Ken Robinson (UK) about creativity
TED Video: Jill Bolte Taylor: "My stroke of insight"
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor describes her experiences with the left and right side of her brain during a stroke.
Annenberg Video
Videos on arts education topics
Daniel Pink
Whole New Mind
Daniel Pink
Thoughts on Abundance, Automation, Asia
Daniel Pink
Exercise Your Creativity
Daniel Pink
Choosing a Major
Let Them Be Heard
Students talk about the important of the arts
Visual Art Resources
How to Write a Test for both Creativity and Knowledge
Posted to promote reflection on your teaching practice - An Article by Dr. Marvin Bartel, Emeritus Professor of Art, Goshen Coll
Grading Art
Posted to promote reflection on your teaching practice - An Article by Dr. Marvin Bartel, Emeritus Professor of Art, Goshen Col
10 Classroom Creativity Killers
Posted to promote reflection on your teaching practice - A paper by Dr. Marvin Bartel
Brain Rules Videos
Brain Rules in the Classroom
How one school used the Brain Rules in the Classroom
Brain Rules - Stress
How the brain deals with stress and learning
Brain Rules - Exercise
Exercise is critical to learning
Brain Rules - Death by Powerpoint
Importance of visual learning
Brain Rules - The McGurk Effect
Need for multiple senses
What's happening around the world
Connecticut - www.ctcurriculum.org
Connecticut website with examples of assessment in the arts
Maine Department of Education Arts Page
Massachusetts Cultural Council
New Hampshire Arts Page
Pennsylvania Arts Assessment Network
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