Art:

http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/get_involved/001.asp

http://artinallofus.org/about-us/project.html

Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) uses art

to foster kids’ capacities to observe, think, listen and communicate.

VTS asks students to

• Look carefully at works of art

• Talk about what they observe

• Back up their ideas with evidence

• Listen to and consider the views of others

• Discuss many possible interpretations

http://capwiz.com/nclr/callalert/index.tt?alertid=10467726

http://www.floridaartinstitutes.com//media-arts.asp

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/landing/?source=wfgawgc3top&kw=education

http://arteducationcenter.com/

HOW MANY MORE MEN THAN WOMEN ARE WRITERS?

HOW MANY MORE MEN THAN WOMEN ARE ARTISTS?

*LIONIZED*

FIRST MALE WRITER? YEAR?

FIRST FEMALE WRITER? YEAR?

FIRST MALE ARTIST? YEAR?

FIRST FEMALE ARTIST? YEAR?

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS

IN 1889, 5 WOMEN FORMED THE WOMEN'S ART CLUB OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. AIMED TO COPE WITH PROBLEMS ARISING DUE TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FEMALE ARTISTS. Oldest professional women's fine arts organization in the United States, continually providing a forum for women artists to share ideas and exhibit their work

http://www.nawanet.org/

Women and Children Education

http://members.tripod.com/worldupdates/newupdates10/id93.htm

http://www.wcaboise.org/

Education Contest

http://www.maybelline.com/givingback/janine-lee.aspx?

These benefit my work because they exemplify the importance of a well-rounded education. Electives, supplies, technology, scholarship, determination, dreams, leadership, encouragement, organization, dedication, passion, . Bridge the gap. These organizations are founded by women.

ME*******For school supplies in San Diego, CA

http://www.capturethedream.org/index.php

A passion for volunteering and helping the community inspired Janine Lee to found Capture the Dream in 2006. The non-profit organization for children of low-income homes holds school supply drives, provides mentorship programs and organizes family outings. "It's rewarding to see someone experience something that others take for granted," says Janine.

TREY*******Inspiration and Recognition of technology in New York, NY

http://usfirst.org/

"Imagine inspiring a young mind to go into science, and years later she discovers the cure to cancer," says Dora Maria. Whether she's encouraging students' interest in science and technology through her work with the non-profit organization FIRST, or introducing computers into underserved classrooms, Dora Maria is providing students with the tools they need to succeed.

Patti*******Mentoring in Medicine in New York, NY

http://www.medicalmentor.org/

In response to the low percentage of minority healthcare workers, Dr. Lynne Holden co-founded Mentoring in Medicine in March 2006. The group pairs minority health care professionals with students in urban areas, encouraging them to pursue professions within health care. With the support of Mentoring in Medicine, socio-economically disadvantaged students are empowered to achieve their goals

Encourages and fosters academic, personal, and professional development via community outreach in Houston, TX

http://www.barnabasoutreachfdn.org/

As the twelfth of 13 children born to illiterate migrant workers, Valerie Hill-Jackson knows the importance of education. In 2006 she founded BOF, a foundation that emphasizes human potential and provides college prep workshops, leadership programs, mentoring and scholarship opportunities so every student can enter the workforce as empowered leaders.

ME*******Good educations give confidence in New York, NY

http://www.eastnyprep.org/

As a former criminal defense attorney, Sheila Joseph believes a good education steers students in the right direction by giving them confidence to achieve their dreams. Last fall she founded East New York Prep, a tuition-free school located in a poverty stricken area in Brooklyn, NY. Her goal is to transform it into a community where millions of dollars will be earned for college scholarships that empower its residents.

Bakersfield, CA

Minimize barriers that keep children from good education--example shoes. Kids need more than new shoes for a good education.

Raquel Lee is a family advocate at the Greenfield Family Resource Center where she helps minimize the barriers that keep students from getting a good education. With the funding from this award, over 500 students will be given supplies such as new shoes. "This may be the first pair of new shoes they have ever worn," says Raquel. "It genuinely contributes to the success of their education and self-esteem."

Dance builds confidence in New York, NY

http://www.groovewithme.org/

Abigail Rosin believes that dance not only provides joy, it also builds confidence. So when she graduated from college, she moved to New York with a dream: To open a free dance studio and after-school program where inner city girls can find a safe haven. At Groove With Me, students learn to achieve goals, overcome fears and ultimately see their full potential.

African Americans go to college in San Diego, CA

http://www.concernedparentsalliance.com/

"Growing up in the inner city helped shape my determination to break the cycle," says Darlene Willis. So in 2003, she founded College Bound San Diego, an organization that helps African-American students prepare for college through tutoring, community service, campus tours and seminars. "The goal is to empower students and parents, and have them take charge of the educational journey," Darlene says.

RICH*******Migrant education college assistance in Sacramento, CA

http://www.ed.gov/programs/camp/index.html

When Marcelina Fernández, a Hispanic girl with few resources was accepted to college, she was an exception. With the help of CAMP, a program funded by the U.S. Department of Education, she is now on her way to obtaining her masters. Today, as a counselor for CAMP, Marcelina visits more than 60 schools where she shares her passion for education and empowers hundreds of students.

Motivate students through education and experience in Pasadena, CA

http://www.moste.org/

Over 20 years ago, Dr. Lois Frankel founded MOSTE, a mentoring organization dedicated to providing inner city girls with positive role models. The results have been overwhelming: Since its inception MOSTE has touched the lives of over 1,000 girls. And in June 2007, one of the mentored girls graduated cum laude from Yale.

Where is a site for women promoting American child education?

Women support education?

Notable American Women

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list.htm

What I've typed in Google

1. art in school research

2. children education electives research

academic versus elective: no leads

3. academic core class versus elective

What I've typed in Google Scholar

electives in middle school: no leads

A. effects of art in school

What I've typed in USF E-Journals

Question:

If private school values electives, there is a reason for them. What is this reason?

Online Articles

1. Related to epitome of education view

It should be noted that Bedingfield is a philanthropist who has donated time and money to organizations such as the Global Angels, an international children's charity founded by her mother, Molly Bedingfield. She became associated with the organization in 2006 because of her celebrity status, which she wanted to use to help people around the world, particularly children, who live in conditions that would horrify us.

What is this Global Angels?

Douglas May

Importance of Education

Article ID: 470192

http://www.educationcrossing.com/article/index.php?id=470192

2. Importance of Art Elective

Ms. Winner, Ms. Hetland and Shirley Veenema and Kimberly Sheridan are pushing back. Book focused on the benefits accrued through classes in painting, drawing, sculpture and the other visual arts. The results are to be published in their book, “Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education” (Teachers College Press).The researchers found that the visual arts classes did have broad indirect benefits, even if they were not directly related to quantifiable performance in other subjects. “Students who study the arts seriously are taught to see better, to envision, to persist, to be playful and learn from mistakes, to make critical judgments and justify such judgments,” the authors conclude. “Learning through the arts promotes the idea that there is more than one solution to a problem, or more than one answer to a question.” “I am an arts advocate,” she added. “I just want to make plausible arguments for the arts.

Can send to: Ms. Winner, Ms. Hetland and Shirley Veenema and Kimberly Sheridan

What is this book about? Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education

By ROBIN POGREBIN

New York Times 212-556-1234

Book Tackles Old Debate: Role of Art in Schools

Published: August 4, 2007

3. Parents Want Electives

Parents, students heat up battle for electives

Mobilized - Insisting the community should have been polled about schedule change at middle school, group plans march, more meetings

Parent Comment:"concerned parent"(email verified)Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 02:09 PM Why not take the second elective from students who do not keep passing grades? Why penalize the students who work hard to keep their grades up? Hmm...

Interview parents for opinions on electives: Valued? Enjoyed?

What was outcome?

By Nancy Townsley

The Forest Grove News-Times, Jun 4, 2008

http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=121260382781340700

Experience in the Arts Boost Academic Achievement?

Elliot W. Eisner

Does Experience in the Arts Boost Academic Achievement?

Elliot W. Eisner

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120796322/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED466413&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED466413

Terms from the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors; used to tag materials by subject to aid information search and retrieval. Click on a Descriptor to initiate any new search using that term. Academic Achievement; Art Activities; Art Education; Classroom Techniques; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Fine Arts; Foreign Countries; Social Development

Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development.

RJ Deasy - 2002 - eric.ed.gov

Effects on Students’ Achievement, Attitudes, and Social Relations

This article reports the results of a 2-year study of the cooperative elementary school model which used cooperation as an overarching philosophy to change school and classroom organization and instructional processes. The components of the model include: using cooperative learning across a variety of content areas, full-scale mainstreaming of academically handicapped students, teachers using peer coaching, teachers planning cooperatively, and parent involvement in the school.

Robert J. Stevens

The Pennsylvania State University

Robert E. Slavin

The Johns Hopkins University

American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2, 321-351 (1995)

DOI: 10.3102/00028312032002321

http://aer.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/2/321

Elective versus Core

Elective is a term used for an academic course chosen by the student from a set of options, as opposed to a required course. While required courses (sometimes called core courses) are deemed essential for an academic degree, elective courses tend to be more specialized. Elective courses usually have fewer students than the required core courses.

How can electives be incorporated into core classes?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective

The big and the small help:

http://pages.samsung.com/us/hopeforeducation/contest.html

Minimize technology gap in system

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6554084.html

Closing education gap, book:

http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&docId=103975259

http://www.fathom.com/feature/60794/index.html

http://www.vdare.com/sailer/080427_education.htm

Minimize school elective gap

http://www.misterlin.com/blog/The%20Achievement%20Gap.htm

http://www.rocksolidinc.com/catalog/electives.htm

Achievement Gap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achievement_gap

http://www.subnet.nga.org/educlear/achievement/

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/how-can-the-achievement-gap-be-closed-a-freakonomics-quorum/

http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/

http://www.closingtheachievementgap.org/cs/ctag/print/htdocs/home.htm

http://mabryonline.org/blogs/ptsa/archives/2007/02/box_tops_for_ed.html